"RegForte" > wrote in message
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> Shawn Martin wrote:
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>> Interesting. The last food service management class I took (2008) the
>> instructor stated that if it smells bad, it probally won't hurt you.
>> Apparently, the real nasties don't have an appearance / odor signature.
>> That's what makes then really dangerous. I still wouldn't eat/serve
>> anything with a funky smell. (Unlike my Father, who lived through the
>> depression. He would eat sh!t that he KNEW would make him sick. In the
>> name of not wasting it.)
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> It's interesting that they would tell you that in an FSM class.
> Can I ask where/who it was exactly? Just wondering.

They didn't say it was OK to serve it; just that the really dangerous
critters have no outward signs of infection.

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> It's true that you can't see/smell the effects of food born pathogens.
> However, you can't make the statement that, therefore, if it -does-
> look/smell bad then means it's necessarily -safe- to eat.

Again, I / they didn't say it was safe to eat, just that it probably
wouldn't hurt you. (As in permanent damage)
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> Think about it. A carcass has been laying in the road for a month.
> In the summer. It obviously will smell pretty bad. That means
> it's safe to eat ??

See above