The Food and Drug Administration's latest report says that avocados may harbor bacteria and dirt within the peel.
Although you do not eat the peel, germs from your knife while cutting can affect both areas.
The FDA announced that federal investigators' sampling found Listeria monocytogenes on the peels of about one in every five avocados. The new data is part of a 2014-16 study, in which investigators tested 361 domestic and imported avocado skins; 64 , or 17.73 percent, tested positive.