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Can I buy cut up fruit from a grocery store?⬇️

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I went into a store and I see they sell over there  some cut up fruit. Can I buy it? It depends what   type of store it is. If it's like a supermarket,  then we assume they have dedicated knives,   they have a separate fruit section where they  cut up the fruit, they cut up watermelons,   let's say cut into quarters, or other types  of fruits like that. So those are perfectly   fine to buy. Aside from the fact that  they have dedicated knives, of course,   they cut so many fruit at a time. They cut up  hundreds of watermelons to put out. There's really   no question. If you go into a little store or just  a corner type of store and they have over there,   you know, maybe one watermelon that  they have cut up into four pieces,   um, then one should not buy it. It's unclear  what type of knife they have. It could be used   the same knife from the deli counter to to cut  the watermelons. If the store is selling things   that need to be checked for bugs, such as, let's  say, strawberries and things like that, we know   it's very complicated to properly wash them. One  may not assume that the supermarket or the store   did any such cleanings and therefore one should  not buy berries or strawberries, things like