Showing posts with label food poisoning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food poisoning. Show all posts

Thursday, May 15, 2008

What not to eat when the cornflakes run out


The latest MMWR is out, hot off the metaphorical presses, and it appears that dipping into the dog's kibble when the supply of Captain Crunch runs low is not a good idea:


I was a tad surprised to see that salmonella would survive on dry dog food. For some reason I was thinking the bacteria would prefer damper conditions. Live and learn. Or maybe it would be more appropriate to say "learn . . . and live"?