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Hands holding a colander full of fresh vegetables under running water in kitchen sink

Nursing's Shanina Knighton shares significance of cleaning produce

Media | July 22, 2026 | Story by: Editorial Staff

This is the proper way to clean produce, according to an infection prevention expert
AOL: Shanina Knighton, research associate professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, explanined how a lot of hands have touched your produce before it is placed in your cart. "The person who picked it, the ones who packed and stocked it, and every shopper who turned it over and set it back down. That is reason enough to rinse before you eat, even when the food looks perfectly clean," said Knighton.