[SamAdams76]

Well germs are everywhere, even in your own home. In fact, I venture to say that the peanut grinders in the supermarket would be cleaner than mine at home because my home is not subject to surprise food inspections as they would be at a public supermarket.

I actually find that the "germ phobics" are often the sickliest people. I am a believer that you keep your immune system healthy by exposing yourself to germs. Just like a fit runner will fall out of shape quickly if he does not run a certain number of miles a week, so will your immune system. I'm not saying be stupid about it. Obviously you want to maintain a standard of hygiene.

Celebrities like Howard Hughes and Michael Jackson were germ-phobic and they had miserable lives. Remember Michael Jackson walking around with his surgical mask so that he could avoid other people's germs?

[Ketill Frostbeard]

Let your system rassle with a few microbes and eat live garlic to give your fighters an edge, I sez.

[bgill]

Surprise food inspections, lol. There have been stores and restaurants that have been in business for decades which have never had an inspection. Most of the country has never seen an inspector. There is not enough funding to hire enough inspectors to cover then entire food industry.