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[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

How bad do you have to fuck up to get people sick from bread?!

[–] SkyeLight@piefed.social 10 points 1 month ago

Ergot poisoning (aka, St Anthony's fire) has been a recurrent issue since people started eating rye and similar grains. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a similar issue with other grains.

That said, they didn't say what type of breads were affected, nor did they say whether the poisoning was natural, carelessness, or intentional :(

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I tried to look it up, but they dont know yet.

But this sentence caught my eye

"Salmonella has been identified as the culprit in other recent Vietnamese bread-related food poisoning incidents (e.g., in Vung Tau and Nghe An province), this has not been confirmed as the cause in this specific Quang Tri outbreak."

I wasn't expecting to read that!

[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bread is commonly used in a salad-sandwich-kinda dish called bahn mi. I reckon any of the other uncooked ingredients?

[–] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Raw flour actually has a lot of the e coli issues

[–] grue@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Okay, but bread is supposed to be baked!

I mean, with meat and dairy and fruits and vegetables there are always situations where it might be legitimate to have them be eaten raw or only partially cooked, but that's not a thing for bread!

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

*laughs as the scourge"

[–] Legianus@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

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