Shawn Martin wrote:


> 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.)



It's interesting that they would tell you that in an FSM class.
Can I ask where/who it was exactly? Just wondering.

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.

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 ??