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Why a top food poisoning expert won’t ever eat these foods
The Washington Post ^ | 2-3-16 | Robert A. Ferdman

Posted on 02/03/2016 3:00:03 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

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1 posted on 02/03/2016 3:00:03 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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I agree with the list. Have been avoiding them for years, especially sprouts!


2 posted on 02/03/2016 3:02:48 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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But he’ll get into a car and drive, where the risks are probably much worse.

We all make our own risk/reward decisions, but give your brain too much focus on a specific risk and you’ll have a very clear aversion to it. That’s a protective response in our biology.


3 posted on 02/03/2016 3:06:39 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I always eat rare steak. If I die from eating steak, I would say I had a good life. Also, I prefer eggs with runny yolks. Life is too short to worry about this stuff.


4 posted on 02/03/2016 3:11:08 AM PST by Politicalkiddo ("Oh my country, how my heart bleeds for your welfare!"- Joseph H. Greene)
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That just means more for me!

MMMMMMMM.....rare steak, oysters on the half shell, eggs over easy........

5 posted on 02/03/2016 3:11:34 AM PST by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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I have been eating raw oysters, sashimi, sunnyside up eggs and rare steaks my entire life, raw milk as a kid growing up and have never gotten sick from any of it.


6 posted on 02/03/2016 3:11:52 AM PST by eastforker (The only time you can be satisfied is when your all Trump.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

No one can take me from my raw oyster “shooters.” No one.


7 posted on 02/03/2016 3:12:19 AM PST by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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Only eating well-done meat seems a bit too general. Ground meat, maybe, but only well-done steaks? That just seems silly.


8 posted on 02/03/2016 3:14:30 AM PST by FreedomForce ( Cruz 2016 --------- I've come to my senses. Trump is no longer even my second choice.)
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To: Politicalkiddo

You are so right.

Now, fugu should be avoided. I do. I’m still alive.


9 posted on 02/03/2016 3:21:52 AM PST by Jemian
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To: Politicalkiddo

Ditto


10 posted on 02/03/2016 3:34:35 AM PST by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: Politicalkiddo

Yep.


11 posted on 02/03/2016 3:41:57 AM PST by DB
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To: afraidfortherepublic

My brain is muddled. I thought the JITB E-Coli was in the mid early to late 80’s. Not 1993.


12 posted on 02/03/2016 3:48:40 AM PST by Fhios (FR inception date 2015. I must be a mole for whoever I'm currently supporting.)
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I’ll eat rare steak and eggs easy-over. But I absolutely avoid the rest of that stuff. I used to like sprouts, until I realized that I got sick every time I ate them.

Food safety is a huge concern to the scientific committee. Every American Society for Microbiology meeting that I have attended devotes a lot of time to that problem. Going to one of those meetings is a real hair-raising experience. Our delivery system in the US is second-to-none, with the ability to deliver foods to stores anywhere in the country within a day or so. What this means is that a tainted food can be on the store shelves in 18 states before food testing catches up to the fact that it is tainted.

There is a tough balance, here. Fresh fruits and vegetables are considered a necessary component of a healthy diet. However, uncooked foods are the likeliest source of pathogens. Trying to come up with a better way to ensure food safety is a real challenge for the scientific community (and, by extension, the regulatory agencies who depend on the scientific advice to make decisions).


13 posted on 02/03/2016 3:52:51 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://wEven thouww.usdebtclock.org/)
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It's always the veggies that cause trouble. You notice there has never been an issue with Twinkies or Ring Ding Jrs.


14 posted on 02/03/2016 3:53:56 AM PST by Flick Lives (One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
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Cook your food before you eat it!? The progress of science is amazing. What will they think of next?

Many of our foods could and should be irradiated, but the anti-nuclear activists would wet their pants. Here as elsewhere, the luddites are killing people. If I saw an irradiated and a non-irradiated pack of hamburger side by side on the supermarket shelf, I would buy the irradiated one.

15 posted on 02/03/2016 3:57:06 AM PST by sphinx
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I love raw oysters followed by a medium rare filet mignon, all washed down by a nice red wine. Let’s not get carried away with these food scares.


16 posted on 02/03/2016 3:57:39 AM PST by neocon1984
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The list includes raw oysters and other raw shellfish, raw or under-cooked eggs, meat that isn't well-done, unpasteurized milk and juice, and raw sprouts.

Except for the unpasteurized milk, I eat them all. However, I also either catch (oysters & clams) or produce (eggs from my hens, sprouts, oranges for juice) my own. Haven't figured out a way to raise beef yet on my small property so I still rely on the store for that. Add to that, I only buy raised or grown in the USA. We never buy food from Mexico, China (or Asian countries) or for that matter any third world country.

17 posted on 02/03/2016 3:58:14 AM PST by Jed Eckert (The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem)
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To: Flick Lives

ahhh Ring Dings. Loved them as a kid. Don’t think I’ve had one in over 30yrs.


18 posted on 02/03/2016 4:01:07 AM PST by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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Chipotle hires many bad workers who are either underhanded or don’t know what they are doing.


19 posted on 02/03/2016 4:02:15 AM PST by lifeline
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LOL these aren’t food.no problem.


20 posted on 02/03/2016 4:09:38 AM PST by applpie
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