Thread: Is America Waking Up To Food Borne Illnesses?

Originally Posted by nittygritty

Could one of your women on here please tell me how you could get salmonella from peanut butter? I thought all that was in PB was nuts and maybe a little oil, what is in the PB that would cause this?Thank God, I am a jiffy PB kind of person, guess it could affect it to, lord it is getting to where you are afraid to eat anything anymore!

It all has to do with peparation process. Unclean surfaces, mixing utensils and uneducated food preparers are all to blame. But it seems to be happening more frequently lately. There needs to be more supervision.

Originally Posted by nittygritty

I thought you had to have eggs or some kind of dairy to get salmonella I guess that is not the case all the time.

About any kind of animal can have salmonella. The organism itself needs a wet body to survive. The oocysts/eggs expelled with fecal matter are the problem. They can survive for long periods until ingested by a host. The peanuts get roasted to a temperature that should kill any organisms and eggs. Fecal contamination from animals or humans likely entered the process after that.

Originally Posted by loservillelabor

Originally Posted by nittygritty

I thought you had to have eggs or some kind of dairy to get salmonella I guess that is not the case all the time.

About any kind of animal can have salmonella. The organism itself needs a wet body to survive. The oocysts/eggs expelled with fecal matter are the problem. They can survive for long periods until ingested by a host. The peanuts get roasted to a temperature that should kill any organisms and eggs. Fecal contamination from animals or humans likely entered the process after that.

OH YUCK!Sometimes ignorance is bliss! Well let's see, guess I am going to have to add peanut butter to my long list of no mores.

I was only razing, ignorance is really not bliss, it is just ignorance, we have to be on guard and vigilant at all times, there is something very wrong with our nations food supply we all know that.