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But that doesn't make sense. As a microbiologist, I can tell you that plenty of bacteria can survive 80C. if you were were worried about sterility, you'd boil t
by jhbadger 3y ago
But that doesn't make sense. As a microbiologist, I can tell you that plenty of bacteria can survive 80C. if you were were worried about sterility, you'd boil the mixture for several minutes (even so, there are extremophiles that can survive that but they aren't in general dangerous)
- 9991 3y agoSterilize was the wrong word, but a that high of a temperature will kill the germs that most commonly infect the infant human gut. You may have heard about cronobacter contamination being an issue a while back. If 80C doesn’t kill everything, but those germs pass through harmlessly, then it’s not a problem. If that doesn’t make sense to you as a microbiologist, you should let the US FDA know. https://www.fda.gov/food/foodborne-pathogens/cronobacter-sakazakii https://www.fda.gov/food/foodborne-pathogens/cronobacter-sak...