Re: [CH] botulism.....again
Valerie (seabreeze@concentric.net)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:46:47 -0600
How about if this oil was refrigerated? I know that point is made waaay
below (re: garlic/oil commercial mixture) but what I'm asking is IF the
oil/garlic/peppers is heated to 275F, then kept refrigerated, with or
preferably without removing veggies?
Thanx much,
Val
Kit Anderson wrote:
>
> James King wrote;
> > We love hot peppers on popcorn!
> >
> > I take a bottle of olive oil and stuff it full of split peppers of choice
> > and a crushed garlic clove. Let it age a while. Gad, this stuff's good. I
> > buy so much popcorn from the Boy Scout troops now they deliver it to me in
> > cases.
>
> Your recipe is for botulism. You might want to consider heating up the
> oil with the garlic and peppers to 275F. Remove veggies before storing.
> Or use a preservative like potassium sorbate. Remember, the incidence is
> low but the mortality is high.
>
> >From the UDSA:
> http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap2.html
>
> "In the last 10 years, two separate outbreaks of botulism have
> occurred involving commercially canned salmon. Restaurant
> foods such as sauteed onions, chopped bottled garlic, potato
> salad made from baked potatoes and baked potatoes
> themselves have been responsible for a number of outbreaks.
> Also, smoked fish, both hot and cold-smoke (e.g., Kapchunka)
> have caused outbreaks of type E botulism. "
>
> "Most recently, a bottled chopped garlic-in-oil mix was
> responsible for three cases of botulism in Kingston, N.Y. Two
> men and a woman were hospitalized with botulism after
> consuming a chopped garlic-in-oil mix that had been used in a
> spread for garlic bread. The bottled chopped garlic relied
> solely on refrigeration to ensure safety and did not contain any
> additional antibotulinal additives or barriers. The FDA has
> ordered companies to stop making the product and to
> withdraw from the market any garlic-in-oil mix which does not
> include microbial inhibitors or acidifying agents and does not
> require refrigeration for safety."
>
> --
> St. Kit
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