food safety

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Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169585) • United States 28 Mar

Until I got married and moved out on my own I had a "stomach bug" most big holidays. I am convinced it was some kind of food poisoning. When we had large family gatherings we had our big festive meal, then left the food on the...

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If you ordered a Taco Salad from Wendy’s, and accidentally left half of it out overnight, is it still SAFE to eat?

Melanie Marie @Melanie_Marie (2448) • St. Clair, Michigan 28 May 25

Hi friends and top of the marnin’ to ya. Late yesterday afternoon I got a Wendy’s Taco Salad and ate half of it, left the other half on my bed right next to me. Of course I passed out for wayyy too many hours, my...

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Weird Science VS. Health Matters: Revolutionizing food safety

Piyoz the Great @piyoz000 (487) • Philippines 14 Apr 25

Pasteurization is a simple yet powerful process that often goes unnoticed in our daily lives. It's a method of gently heating food and beverages. Like milk, juices, and even eggs. To kill harmful microorganisms, making them safer...

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What Would You Miss?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222806) • United States 20 Aug 22

I am rewriting the Discussion that was deleted last week... I was in my teens and 20s in the 60s and 70s; and I never would have guessed that we would have the advancements in technology, medicine, etc. that we have today. What...

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World Food Safety Day -- June 7th

Kit @ankurdini (1798) 7 Jun 21

Hello everyone, Every year on June 7th as per the world health organization (WHO),-“WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY” observed to raise awareness about food borne risks and help prevent, detect and manage untoward...

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Today is World Food Safety Day!!!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 7 Jun 21

Hi guys, Hope you all had a good weekend. I am doing good too. The UN General Assembly had declared in December 2018 that this day will be celebrated on 7th June, 2019 for maintaining food safety which is very...

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Have you eaten an expired food before? If not, will you?

chiyochan @chiyosan (30186) • Philippines 19 Aug 18

Okay, so yesterday, I cooked hotdogs and mom and I ate it with a loaf. it was kind of tasteless so we took out the mayonnaise in the fridge and finished eating. Mom said the mayo doesn't taste delicious anymore and will not buy...

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Give it a minute, it will change

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169585) • United States 18 Apr 17

I could come up with quite a long list of opinions about health that have changed over the years. Eggs are good for you--bad for you--good for you again. Butter is bad for you. Butter is good for you. Whole milk is bad for you....

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Lazy or excusible ?

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 12 Jan 17

Lazy cooks and food borne illnesses I had a little panic session awhile back when there was a story on the news about a certain kind of chicken cutlet that I like making people sick. It's the pre-packaged breaded chicken...

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Why should you eat local food?

s sivasubrahmanyam @shivamani10 (11035) • Hyderabad, India 1 Jun 16

There are many varieties of foods available with the growth of modern technology and people are enjoying these foods at different locations and in different environments. But, a chance to have a locally grown food is a thrilling...

local food

reinvestment power to the farmers and growers

food safety

encourages local economy

Since When is "Glass" A Pizza Topping??

Janet Hunt @jahunt (1380) • United States 11 Mar 16

You may have heard about the recent recall of some Digiorno Pizza. This also applied to some types of Stouffer's or Lean Cuisine frozen dinners. Seems that these food items have been found to contain of all things...GLASS! I...

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Can free food really win back customers?

Yuki @yukimori (10192) • United States 8 Feb 16

In addition to the free burger coupons that Jack in the Box is emailing or texting to customers, it seems that Chipotle is giving away freebies today, too. Where Jack in the Box is running their deal to promote a new burger,...

food safety

freebies

chipotle

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Food Recalls

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11658) • United States 20 Jan 16

I just received an e-mail informing me that one of the stores in my area has recalled one of their brand of cashews. I'm interested in learning if others are changing their eating habits because certain foods are recalled more...

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What do you do when you find something in your drink?

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 8 Nov 15

I just finished drinking a big glass of water with ice in it. I say I've finished because even though the glass is not empty, I won't drink any more. That's because when I picked up the glass to drink this last time, I noticed...

contamination

food safety

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Hot Dogs - Turning Vegetarians into Cannibals

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 26 Oct 15

A new report claims that up to 2% of all hot dogs - even the vegetarian varieties - contain traces of human DNA. The report discusses the lack of full disclosure on ingredient labels, but doesn't speculate on how the human DNA...

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Would you ever eat at a place that received less than an 'A' rating?

mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 8 Mar 13

Last year I was in Vegas for a race and my team and I were googling places to eat. Several people really wanted to go to this place that offered fresh and/or raw options, like salads, sandwiches, green smoothies, and things you...

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Is cannabalism alive and well?

globalwide @globalwide (97) • United States 7 Aug 12

Ok! I thought I've heard everything well this beats it's all. I know it's not new as this information has been seen on the news in the recent months but when I saw this on youtube it made me wonder how far this is going to go....

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Another reason we are cutting out eating out.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169585) • United States 27 Nov 11

Today, on our way home, we went to a particular national chain buffet. Food was good, hot, tasty, and the place appeared clean. We happened to be sitting toward the front, where the buffet was. This worker came out, was adding to...

restaurant unsanitary

unseen germs

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Worst listeria outbreak in US

ChoukseyMK @ChoukseyMK (1044) • India 11 Nov 11

US has very strict norms for food safety. resulting people of US are becoming day by day weak towards their tolerance power and immune system. in recent listeria outbreak 29 people killed and 139 infected across 28 states. same...

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GMO's Genetically eng. organism (bio engineered foods) & Food Labeling

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 3 Dec 10

Manipulating and selectively breeding plants for specific desirable charachteristics is nothing new, for well over 150 years this has been the way that people have genetically modified fruits and vegetables. Since the early 1990's...

bioengeneered food products

food labeling

food safety

genetically modified foods

gmo

health concerns

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