Posted on 05/24/2015 11:55:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Is India higher on the risk list than America or Morocco or Egypt? \ What are your chances of getting food poisoning when you are travelling or on a holiday trip abroad? Pretty high according to law firm Slater and Gordon.
The research from travel specialists at the British law firm, says that in some countries the risk is as high as 30 per cent.
Slater and Gordon travel specialists asked 2,000 travellers to report their bathroom experiences abroad, according to the British publication Express.
The firm originally funded the study because they noticed that there was a rise in the number of people requesting their services after falling ill while travelling.
According to Slater and Gordon, countries where you’re most likely to get food poisoning are...
1. Spain (30%)
2. Turkey (15%)
3. Egypt (13%)
4. Greece (12%)
5. France (12%)
6. Italy (8%)
7. America (7%)
8. India (7%)
9. Morocco (6%)
10. Thailand (6%)
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My in laws just visited and my mother in law is known for making delicious jams and apple butter. She gave us a jar of apple butter and a jar of strawberry jam, both canned in old peanut butter jars reusing the lid that came with the peanut butter!! Am I wrong to think it’s crazy? My husband will get very upset if I say that the kids can’t eat it.
Personal experience: India is the one country where despite all precautions I’ve gotten amoebic dysentery several times. They don’t call the condition “Delhi Belly” for nothing.
Unreal. People can be stupid as rocks.
I used to work with a woman who got sick after tasting the marinade she put raw chicken in----she said she didn't know it would hurt her.
NorthstarMom, from what I know of canning, that is very dangerous. Commercial jars and lids are never supposed to be re-used. Canning jars and lids must be used to avoid germ growth.
Keep in mind if your kids get sick from eating the stuff, they could get even sicker than an adult. If it were me, I’d tell my husband sorry, but they’re not eating it.
I know you are right, but it is a touchy subject!
I understand.
Would it help to google some info about proper canning procedures-—what’s acceptable and what’s not? Then you could show it to him.
Did she wash the lids? I use used jars for all sorts of things in the kitchen and lids for commercial products can go in the dishwasher. That would sterilize the lid.
She doesn’t own a dishwasher, so it was all hand washed. They seem sealed but it’s not worth the risk to me.
Here’s what is crazy-all that shows up on google is blogs saying they reuse commercial jars and lids all the time with no problems.
Maybe I’m upset over nothing? It just seems so wrong.
I wouldn’t serve it either then. Also I kind of mis-read about the “sealed” part. They won’t be fully sealed and can’t. If I made some fresh and put it in the fridge to be eaten in the next week or so, that’s one thing. I don’t ever use commercial jars anything that needs to be sealed. I use ball jars and buy fresh sealing lids each time.
Istanbul.
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They were canned in July (strawberry jam) and September (apple butter) of last year and have been stored in the basement.
“Unreal. People can be stupid as rocks.”
Count me in - I was clueless when gobbling it down.
Somehow people need to understand not to trust food that others prepare - but instead take reasonable precautions. Obviously I would have never touched that dish if I had put it out and had it sitting there for several hours - but the inclination of most people (including me at the time) is to trust it.
Do you know how hot jams and jellies are when poured into jars. Hubby would eat the stuff and let our children eat it. But he has an iron stomach from his grandmother making him try all her canned stuff.
Personally, I would rather err on the safe side. I’ve always read that commercial jars can’t withstand the heat of a boiling water bath, which is required to kill bacteria and keep it from growing.
IMO the ones who do it just haven’t had a problem yet.
I know, I can, but if it isn’t truly sealed and has been at room temperature since July, there are risks.
I don’t think you were dumb at all-—I think that rests on the person who thought they could leave it out in the heat to save money. Good grief.
Totally agree with you when it comes to food others have prepared.
My sister-in-law was having a guy do some work around her house...an older black man. He told her stories about going into peoples’ homes, some of them very wealthy, and finding unbelievable dirt...animals walking around on countertops, etc. He said those people would offer him food, and he always politely declined.
He told my sister, “This man don’t eat other peoples’ food and he don’t never do bake sales!” LOL
Interestingly, my oldest daughter went to Barcelona several weeks ago. Within 24 hours she had a very bad case of food poisoning.
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan...
Our coffee in garrison was made with bleach water. After spending some time “outside the wire” and eating with the locals you’d come back and drink some special coffee. Soon after you’d run for the latrine and drop a load of creepy crawly things in the pot.
It was funny as hell listening for the screams from the F’n new guy!
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