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Christopher Browne wrote:

> Oops! (werewolf) was seen spray-painting on a wall:
>
>>Mayo is also sold non-refrigerated in the US. But once it's opened
>>it needs to be refrigerated. I think that mayo might be responsible
>>for more food poisoning than any other food - that's the impression
>>I get, anyway.
>>
>
> The last time I was part of a "mass poisoning" was when some pasta
> salad went "off" a few years ago, and about 150 people got sick. I
> wasn't impressed with mayo that week, I can assure you :-).

I stay away from anything Mayo that it served outside of refrigeration.

Picnics are ripe for this, since the food is laid out ahead of time and
people keep going back throughout the day. And who knows who stick what
in the communal bowl?

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Dan