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It disingenuous to ignore the parent's very next sentence, which recommends cooking food properly. It's estimated that the majority of raw chicken sold in the

by NLips 7y ago

It disingenuous to ignore the parent's very next sentence, which recommends cooking food properly. It's estimated that the majority of raw chicken sold in the UK carries campylobacter, and a major factor in making sure it doesn't poison you is cooking the chicken through. No one is recommending eating raw meat and using your nose to tell whether that's OK.

MichaelApproved 7y ago
Thank you.
phonypc 7y ago
Granted the most charitable reading only implies their use for spoilage, in the context of food poisoning it's dangerous to recommend using your eyes and nose as tools. Even if followed by advice on thorough cooking.
DanBC 7y ago
Let's use reheated rice instead of chicken. Cook rice. Chill the rice. Store it correctly. Reheat it thoroughly. Sniff it at every stage. Can you smell the bacillus cereus, can you smell the toxins they produce? The toxins are not destroyed by heat from cooking, and this is a very common form of food poisoning. Stop telling people they can smell food poisoning. They can't. > It disingenuous to ignore the parent's very next sentence, No, because parent poster is talking about ignoring the "arbitrary" food safety dates. If you ignore the date you significantly increase the risk of food poisoning, and not all of those are fixed by thorough cooking. For many people food poisoning might be a few days of unpleasant illness, but we need to remember that it can also be a life-changing illness.
- OJFord 7y ago
  > No, because parent poster is talking about ignoring the "arbitrary" food safety dates. Most of what I buy has a 'best before end' (BBE) date, not a 'use by', which is not a 'food safety date'. Many supermarkets in the UK are removing BBE dates from vegetables because of exactly this issue (and as discussed in the article) - people blindly chucking food that's fine because the date is yesterday's.

by NLips 7y ago

MichaelApproved 7y ago

Thank you.

phonypc 7y ago

Granted the most charitable reading only implies their use for spoilage, in the context of food poisoning it's dangerous to recommend using your eyes and nose as tools. Even if followed by advice on thorough cooking.

DanBC 7y ago

Let's use reheated rice instead of chicken. Cook rice. Chill the rice. Store it correctly. Reheat it thoroughly. Sniff it at every stage. Can you smell the bacillus cereus, can you smell the toxins they produce? The toxins are not destroyed by heat from cooking, and this is a very common form of food poisoning. Stop telling people they can smell food poisoning. They can't. > It disingenuous to ignore the parent's very next sentence, No, because parent poster is talking about ignoring the "arbitrary" food safety dates. If you ignore the date you significantly increase the risk of food poisoning, and not all of those are fixed by thorough cooking. For many people food poisoning might be a few days of unpleasant illness, but we need to remember that it can also be a life-changing illness.

OJFord 7y ago
> No, because parent poster is talking about ignoring the "arbitrary" food safety dates. Most of what I buy has a 'best before end' (BBE) date, not a 'use by', which is not a 'food safety date'. Many supermarkets in the UK are removing BBE dates from vegetables because of exactly this issue (and as discussed in the article) - people blindly chucking food that's fine because the date is yesterday's.