food safety
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Are There Really Little Bugs In Your Strawberries?
The internet is freaking out about a TikTok video (and accompanying Buzzfeed article) showing what appear to be little worm-like bugs crawling out of fresh strawberries soaked in salt water. Is this for real? Have we been unknowingly enjoying larvae in our triple-berry parfaits? Should we just never eat fruit again? I talked to some experts…
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Fast Food Dishes To Avoid, According To Employees
No one goes to chain restaurants expecting a five-star dining experience, but if you’re a tourist travelling into America, you might not know this key fact. Thankfully, you have this Reddit thread to guide you in what items to avoid according to actual fast-food employees.
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How To Avoid Food Poisoning At Restaurants
1In the weeks following the deaths of nine American tourists visiting the Dominican Republic, hundreds of travellers who’ve visited the country have reported their own food poisoning-like symptoms on the website IWasPoisoned.com. Since the start of 2019, over 1600 cases of illness have been reported in total.
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Don’t Rinse Your Turkey, You Turkey
Raw poultry is kind of icky, but rinsing it won’t make it any less so. Though giving your holiday turkey a little wash is the first step to many recipes, doing so can actually cause more harm than good.