Comments on: 101 Ways to Take a Bite Out of Your Food Budget http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/101-ways-to-take-a-bite-out-of-your-food-budget/ Wise Choices. Improved Finances. A Better Life. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 4 Large Monthly Bills You Can Cut Today http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/101-ways-to-take-a-bite-out-of-your-food-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-19792 4 Large Monthly Bills You Can Cut Today Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:46:52 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=874#comment-19792 [...] 101 Ways To Take A Bite Out Of Your Food Budget, I listed a ton of ways to lower your grocery expenses. As food costs skyrocket, these ideas are [...] [...] 101 Ways To Take A Bite Out Of Your Food Budget, I listed a ton of ways to lower your grocery expenses. As food costs skyrocket, these ideas are [...]

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]]> By: Emily http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/101-ways-to-take-a-bite-out-of-your-food-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-19485 Emily Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:20:46 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=874#comment-19485 Wonderful list! With grocery prices going up up up, this is exactly what I needed today! Wonderful list! With grocery prices going up up up, this is exactly what I needed today!

]]> By: Could College Make You Poor? http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/101-ways-to-take-a-bite-out-of-your-food-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-15921 Could College Make You Poor? Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:02:23 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=874#comment-15921 [...] cafeterias where I could eat all I wanted at every meal didn’t cause me to learn about saving money on food. It only caused me to get used to having anything I wanted and as much as I wanted any time I [...] [...] cafeterias where I could eat all I wanted at every meal didn’t cause me to learn about saving money on food. It only caused me to get used to having anything I wanted and as much as I wanted any time I [...]

]]> By: Veronica http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/101-ways-to-take-a-bite-out-of-your-food-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-15797 Veronica Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:22:45 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=874#comment-15797 You have a point. I had no idea there were stores specifically for dented cans. I have never heard of one around the Jersey Shore. I was going by what I learned in my food safety course in culinary school and they said never eat anything in dented cans. Thanks for teaching me something new! You have a point. I had no idea there were stores specifically for dented cans. I have never heard of one around the Jersey Shore. I was going by what I learned in my food safety course in culinary school and they said never eat anything in dented cans.

Thanks for teaching me something new!

]]> By: Ron http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/101-ways-to-take-a-bite-out-of-your-food-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-15791 Ron Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:40:30 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=874#comment-15791 So long as the integrity of the can or its seal hasn't been compromised, you should be okay. Ask yourself this -- where are all the cases of botulism from people shopping at the dented can stores? If it were so bad and widespread, you can rest assured that either the store would go out of business or that the government would step in and regulate it. So far, the FDA hasn't. If the dent is in the top or bottom of the can, most experts agree that you shouldn't eat the contents because the top and bottom of a can is where it is sealed and where it's the weakest, but a slight dent on the side is rarely a problem. According to 2008 data from the CDC, the most common food-borne illnesses ranked as follows: 1. Salmonella: 7,444 cases (foods typically affected include raw or contaminated meat, poultry, milk or egg yolks) 2. Campylobacter: 5,825 cases (meat and poultry) 3. Shigella: 3,029 cases (raw, ready-to-eat produce) 4. Cryptosporidium: 1,036 cases (water, fruit and salad vegetables) 5. E. coli 0157: 718 cases (beef contaminated during slaughter. Spread mainly by undercooked ground beef) 6. Yersinia: 164 cases (raw or undercooked pork products) 7. Listeria: 135 cases (Hot dogs, luncheon meats, unpasteurized milk and cheeses, and unwashed raw produce) 8. Vibrio: 131 cases (oysters and other shellfish) 9. Cyclospora: 17 cases (imported fresh produce) I'm sure dented cans are in there somewhere, but with number 9 having only 17 cases, if dented cans were a huge problem, I'd expect them to have many more cases. What do you think? Do you have sources to the contrary? So long as the integrity of the can or its seal hasn’t been compromised, you should be okay. Ask yourself this — where are all the cases of botulism from people shopping at the dented can stores? If it were so bad and widespread, you can rest assured that either the store would go out of business or that the government would step in and regulate it. So far, the FDA hasn’t. If the dent is in the top or bottom of the can, most experts agree that you shouldn’t eat the contents because the top and bottom of a can is where it is sealed and where it’s the weakest, but a slight dent on the side is rarely a problem.

According to 2008 data from the CDC, the most common food-borne illnesses ranked as follows:

1. Salmonella: 7,444 cases (foods typically affected include raw or contaminated meat, poultry, milk or egg yolks)
2. Campylobacter: 5,825 cases (meat and poultry)
3. Shigella: 3,029 cases (raw, ready-to-eat produce)
4. Cryptosporidium: 1,036 cases (water, fruit and salad vegetables)
5. E. coli 0157: 718 cases (beef contaminated during slaughter. Spread mainly by undercooked ground beef)
6. Yersinia: 164 cases (raw or undercooked pork products)
7. Listeria: 135 cases (Hot dogs, luncheon meats, unpasteurized milk and cheeses, and unwashed raw produce)
8. Vibrio: 131 cases (oysters and other shellfish)
9. Cyclospora: 17 cases (imported fresh produce)

I’m sure dented cans are in there somewhere, but with number 9 having only 17 cases, if dented cans were a huge problem, I’d expect them to have many more cases.

What do you think? Do you have sources to the contrary?

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