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Originally Posted by MrsNancyB
Thought I'd bring this over to page 2.
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Originally Posted by MrsNancyB
I'm a food microbiology major, and there could very well have been germs on the surface of the cake. In the hot weather, those germs could easily multiply, and depending on the type of organism(s) could have produced toxins.
It's those toxins that could make you sick very quickly. There is a difference between food intoxication and food poisoning. Food intoxication means you got sick from a toxin the organism(s) produced, and food poisioning means you got sick because the organism is multiplying inside YOU.
HTH!
I'm a food microbiology major, and there could very well have been germs on the surface of the cake. In the hot weather, those germs could easily multiply, and depending on the type of organism(s) could have produced toxins.
It's those toxins that could make you sick very quickly. There is a difference between food intoxication and food poisoning. Food intoxication means you got sick from a toxin the organism(s) produced, and food poisioning means you got sick because the organism is multiplying inside YOU.
HTH!
Thought I'd bring this over to page 2.
I just posted on another thread that hubby got some bad eggs at Aldi's and was throwing up before he even finished eating them.
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