Item 4: Ordinance Encouraging Use of Reusable Bags

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Bag Ban Public Testimony 7/24/2012 – 9/17/2012 inside of reusable bags. When your food is placed in those bags, it comes into contact with the bacteria and can make you ill. How Bacteria Develops Bacteria can develop inside reusable grocery bags for a variety of reasons. If meat is not sealed properly, small leaks can occur. The meaty juices can then leak out into the bag and contaminate other foods. After the foods have been emptied, the juices remain in the bag, creating the perfect environment for bacteria to develop. It is not just meats that can contaminate these bags. Many individuals who are extremely careful about properly caring for meat often overlook the other potential hazards in the foods that they purchase. For example, residue from dirty cans, boxes, packages and bottles can all collect at the bottom and along the sides of reusable bags. Residue from fruits and vegetables can be equally hazardous. Many people store their reusable grocery bags in their cars so they will always have them handy and available when they visit the grocery store. The problem with this is that all of that residue and contamination from meat juices is left inside the bag, festering in the heat of the car, sometimes for several days. http://www.symptomfind.com/health/reusable-grocery-bags/ Charles Biggs 9/17/12: From: BIGGS Charles (SMTP) charles_biggs@hotmail.com To: Eugene Mayor, City Council, and City Manager Subject: plastic bag proposal Dear Mayor and City Councilors, I am against the proposed ban on plastic bags due to the recent events (May 2012) located here in Oregon (see below). Is the Mayor and City Council will to be lible for future illness due to the ban on plastic bags? Charles Biggs FOODBORNE ILLNESS INVESTIGATIONS The Case of the Contaminated, Reusable Grocery Bag How Oregon epidemiologists solved a norovirus mystery BY MARY ROTHSCHILD | MAY 10, 2012 Oregon state senior epidemiologist William Keene is a fan of Berton Roueché, whose books, like Eleven Blue Men, revealed the whodunnit work of epidemiology.