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Antioch man’s death possibly linked to gas station nacho cheese botulism outbreak
San Jose Mercury ^ | May 20, 2017 | Aaron Davis

Posted on 05/20/2017 4:00:42 PM PDT by artichokegrower

The outbreak of foodborne botulism originating from a gas station in Walnut Grove has left 10 people hospitalized, the state Department of Health reported Friday, and an Antioch resident may have died as a result.

The botulism was reported to have come from nacho cheese sauce sold at the Valley Oak Food and Fuel gas station in Walnut Grove.

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To: Craftmore

If it’s a rural area where they also sell bait and worms in the same store, I might avoid it.
Don’t ask me how I know.


21 posted on 05/20/2017 5:50:08 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: artichokegrower

Eating fast food from a gas station owned third world types-whose idea of sanitation is prehistoric -can only be good for you.


22 posted on 05/20/2017 5:52:21 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: GnuThere
If it’s a rural area where they also sell bait and worms in the same store, I might avoid it.

You nailed it! Walnut Grove is a little town along the waterway between San Francisco and Sacramento. IIRC, the town has about 10 buildings, and a few bait shops on the main road that runs by the waterway.

23 posted on 05/20/2017 6:02:04 PM PDT by ssaftler (Better Alt-Right than Ctrl-Left.)
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To: artichokegrower

I wouldn’t feed gas station pizza to my dog, if I had one.


24 posted on 05/20/2017 6:30:19 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: exDemMom
Clostridium botulinum only grows in food that is improperly processed...the gas station, however, should do fine.

I'm no microbiologist but I wonder if improper refrigeration could be a factor (or *the* factor) in this particular matter.

25 posted on 05/20/2017 6:31:24 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: artichokegrower

Honey, you lucky girl. Put on a clean tee-shirt.
We’re going to the Food an’ Fuel for subs! My treat.


26 posted on 05/20/2017 6:35:11 PM PDT by tumblindice ("Fight for your country." Hector)
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To: LouieFisk
Yeah, we had French food tonight.

Ran down and picked up a Larg Bookett.

27 posted on 05/20/2017 6:56:54 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: Karliner

Hell, I used to eat off the carts in Mexico(etc) I must be immune.
= = = = = = = = = = = = =
Get me overseas and point me to the nearest street corner...yummeeee

However I believe that the Mexican and Asian street corner food was not me being immune, I think there is a direct correlation to # of Adult beverages one tends to consume in a given period.

Though I have NOT had alcohol since 1990, I find NOTHING can live inside me...I don’t get colds, flu or whatever people around me are putting out.....

I also believed there was a ‘message’ in the fact there are 24 hours in a day and 24 cans in a case of beer, THEN following the ‘logic’ that 1 or 2 beers an hour are not bad.

Do the math........HA HA HA...

Also figured - way back when - that you had to keep score on the chart of a beer a day... I figure, even with a 27 year hiatus I am still caught up till sometime in 2030 or so...


28 posted on 05/20/2017 6:58:16 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Ask the experienced rather than the learned")
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To: Gay State Conservative

No. On other food poisoning causes, that would be a primary factor, but in this case, improper sterilization of the food at the time of manufacture is the cause.

Clostridium botulinum grows in an environment without oxygen—so a sealed can is perfect for it. It forms heat-resistant spores which cannot be killed by boiling, so canned food must be heated above the boiling point (to 121 C for a sufficient period of time for the entire contents of the can to reach that temperature).

This problem did not originate at the gas station. The cheese was already poisonous before it was delivered to the gas station.

I would not be surprised if that entire lot of cheese is recalled. Since food manufacturers have gone out of business over incidents like this, the cheese manufacturer may not be around much longer.

One last detail: often, botulinum neurotoxin cannot be smelled, seen, or tasted. So the cheese might have looked perfectly okay to the person who set it out for sale. In any case, it is never safe to eat food from a bulging can, or canned food that looks or smells odd.


29 posted on 05/20/2017 7:12:01 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: ssaftler

They also have some nice TV transmitter towers that you can see from I-5! (Sacramento market).

https://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-051111.html

“Downtown”: https://goo.gl/maps/bwtuckeVHku


30 posted on 05/20/2017 7:17:05 PM PDT by Drago
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To: xrmusn
....I find NOTHING can live inside me...I don’t get colds, flu or whatever people around me are putting out....

Appears to be my case. I have eaten some nasty stuff and my stomach is a titanium garbage disposal full of Drano and hydrochloric acid and the rest! No idea how I've survived. Yep, gotten sick but nothing the way others have. I don't drink either but the concept works for me! I mean how did I eat those danged water cashews and live? I should be in a hospital!

31 posted on 05/20/2017 7:33:18 PM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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To: artichokegrower

Whoa! Gives new meaning to “Eat and get gas”


32 posted on 05/20/2017 7:42:05 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: tumblindice

I often wonder about those hot dogs one sees at the local Store-24. You know the ones they keep spinning on those steel rollers under the heat lamps. How long have they been there? Who buys them? Does anyone buy them or are they the Store-24 equivalent of the barber pole, a mesmerizing bit of store decor.


33 posted on 05/20/2017 7:55:19 PM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: artichokegrower

I am surprised any organosm could survive on that unknown substance called “nacho cheese.”


34 posted on 05/20/2017 8:12:15 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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35 posted on 05/20/2017 8:47:06 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: exDemMom

Check this out. The article says “health officers from the state Department of Health impounded four bags of Gehls cheese sauce.” Not canned, it came in bags. They also impounded the chips. I can’t see how chips could have the organism.

No recall notice showed up in a Google search. They’ve had plenty of time to test the cheese. Wonder what it could be if it’s not the cheese?


36 posted on 05/20/2017 8:49:35 PM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: dp0622

Is Isleton still a ghost town out there?


37 posted on 05/20/2017 9:22:27 PM PDT by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: Telepathic Intruder

I love the ending of that episode.

“I prepared it while I bathed”.


38 posted on 05/20/2017 9:42:56 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I doubt refrigeration had anything to do with it. The cheese comes out of a can.


39 posted on 05/20/2017 9:45:44 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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To: Auntie Mame

The cheese is still sealed in airtight bags—perfect conditions for Clostridium botulinum to grow.

http://www.foodservicedirect.com/product.cfm/p/131304/Gehls-Cheese-Sauce.htm

The toxin could have come from canned peppers. Any inadequately sterilized low-acid food in an airtight environment can become contaminated with botulinum neurotoxin.

I’m sure the CDC is doing a thorough investigation.


40 posted on 05/20/2017 11:12:40 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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