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Botchulism in dented tins???

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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My mother made me throw away a dented can of beans today. She's insisting that you can catch botchulism from dented cans! Is that really true? :confused:

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    No. [Unless it was broken]
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    No just dented. Waste of beans then? :grump:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yup.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    satehen wrote:
    My mother made me throw away a dented can of beans today. She's insisting that you can catch botchulism from dented cans! Is that really true? :confused:
    The contents can react with the metal if the inner coating is damaged by the denting. But botulism, no.

    I wouldn't buy a dented tin but if I droppped it at home, no probs.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    what's botchulism? i know i could do a search but i'm sure there must be other people who don't know what it is...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    lucifer devil wrote:
    what's botchulism? i know i could do a search but i'm sure there must be other people who don't know what it is...
    :wave: was about to ask the same thing!!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I think it causes paralysis and comes from some sort of toxin. Someone correct me if I'm wrong :chin:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    It's botulism, it's an extremely serious but rare form of food poisoning.

    It sometimes occurs from canned food, but that's really home canned food, not really something we go in for here, more in the U.S.

    http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/he.asp?articleID=57
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Botulin is deadly, it is the stuff that botox is made oyt of.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that causes botulism. It can cause death by paralysis. It's really rare but is associated with canned foods. People have no trouble with preparations of the toxin being injected into their face though... as panthro said.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    satehen wrote: »
    My mother made me throw away a dented can of beans today. She's insisting that you can catch botchulism from dented cans! Is that really true? :confused:

    Nope she has it the wrong way around. If it looks like your can is bulging, than you can catch botulism, due to the fact it's and anaerobic bacteria (doesn't require oxygen) it can live in cans, and if it does, it feeds off of whatsoever is in the can, and produces gas as waste, hence the bulging of the can.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The beans would've been out of date by now anyway since this thread is nearly 2 years old :p

    Wonder what happened to Panthro? :chin:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ate a dented tin of botulism :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Poor bugger :crying:
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