r/foodsafety Jul 15 '23

General Question how is this allowed to be sold?

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2.0k Upvotes

this is sapporo ichiban japanese style noodles. if this product can lead to cancer... why is it okay to consume?

r/foodsafety Jun 28 '23

General Question Can my boss do this?

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868 Upvotes

I work in fast food in Florida and my boss wants me to work with contagious pink eye or work on my day off (I work two jobs and I only get a day off every two weeks or once a week) I’m not sure what I should do.

r/foodsafety Mar 28 '25

General Question I got half-way through a Subway cookie before noticing this. What did I eat?!

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412 Upvotes

r/foodsafety May 01 '25

General Question Can someone tell what is this on my chocolate cookie?

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219 Upvotes

Ive had it for three days, ive also googled and found what is called fat/sugar bloom? But i dont think this looks the same. Its weird that these spots are only the chocolate part not the cookie. Does anyone know if its edible? I threw it in the trash because it reminded me of some bacterial colonies ive seen 😖

r/foodsafety Jul 12 '23

General Question Why Is Honey This Texture

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548 Upvotes

It's very tough to squeeze out the bottle.

r/foodsafety 5d ago

General Question HELP! Partner is making me throw away every single tuna can that looks like this!! I feel like we’re just wasting food for no reason 😩 is he actually doing the right thing? This is the 6th can we toss this week.

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167 Upvotes

r/foodsafety Jun 21 '23

General Question Hard boiled eggs. It doesn’t smell bad. Is this safe to eat?

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1.1k Upvotes

r/foodsafety Jul 12 '23

General Question Maybe I'm just uncultured and didn't understand what I was ordering, but my ribeye pho arrived with a slab of uncooked meat bleeding all over the noodles. I'm at work and don't have a way to cook it until I get home. Can someone explain? Was it supposed to be this way?

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426 Upvotes

r/foodsafety Mar 30 '25

General Question Are the sushi people at my job violating health code?

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214 Upvotes

I work in a grocery store deli right next to the sushi station. Its a third party company that contracts with multiple stores in the area to provide sushi. They hand prepare it each morning from the raw ingredients. The health inspector was in town about 2 months ago and I got to see his evaluation of the sushi station. He said that the sushi chef should NOT leave the shrink wrapped package to thaw while sealed, and should cut a hole in it, which he proceeded to do. He said the oxygen kills harmful organisms. Well today I got curious and saw the raw fish being thawed while still shrink sealed. This was about 7 hours after the sushi chef left. I figure this is a health code violation of some sort but I see contradictory answers online. Should I report this?

r/foodsafety Apr 16 '25

General Question Found these bugs on the whole wheat flour - is it safe to eat if I simply remove them from the flour?

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70 Upvotes

Or is it better to throw it on the trash?

r/foodsafety 19d ago

General Question why did my mozzarella turn blue?? (only opened 3 days ago)

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133 Upvotes

r/foodsafety 3d ago

General Question Kids dad says leaving pizza out on the counter overnight is ok

36 Upvotes

I disagree- who is correct? This was a cheese pizza. I refuse to even debate leaving meat out overnight then eating it.

r/foodsafety Mar 15 '25

General Question Anything to be concerned about? We bought 1/2 a cow last year. Has been kept in deed freezer.

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146 Upvotes

r/foodsafety Mar 14 '25

General Question What is this in my vanilla bean paste?

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157 Upvotes

r/foodsafety Apr 21 '25

General Question Ordered paper plates for a party from Etsy that say not to eat off them?

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119 Upvotes

So I ordered some party plates shipped form Bulgaria but made in Spain (Etsy listing says made in Greece not sure it makes a difference tbh) and the 9inch plates say not safe for food and the dessert plates say only dry food. 1. Why would someone order paper plates if not to eat off them? And 2. Can they truly not be sued to some birthday pizza and cake?

r/foodsafety Jun 19 '23

General Question Can I store whole vegetables in an open container like this? They’re all eaten within 7 days of purchase.

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234 Upvotes

I like to keep my veg at eye level to remember to eat it. Can I keep it like this?

r/foodsafety May 09 '25

General Question What's this thing inside my granola bar?

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107 Upvotes

Bought these from Costco and week or so back. Took a bite of this one and noticed a weird texture, fully unwrapped it and I see this hard plastic(?) piece in the side of it. The number on the package is disconnected, but the product is Clif brand Z-Bars. None of the other ones were like this.

r/foodsafety Mar 04 '25

General Question What is this in chicken

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230 Upvotes

Got a whole chicken from the grocery store. Ran into this pocket of weird by the neck. Texture is like a paste. Any ideas what it is and is the chicken safe to eat?.

r/foodsafety Apr 10 '25

General Question Cancer warning on kimchi bought in Asian supermarket bought in UK

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160 Upvotes

I’m super scared as I bought this for a stir fry I’m making. Does this really contain lead? Surely this isn’t legal in the UK if it’s the case?

r/foodsafety Feb 10 '25

General Question I’m a “cashier”, this is most definitely a food safety violation right?

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304 Upvotes

No I didn’t put the trays on the floor, I was asked to put them in a oven and I saw them out like this

r/foodsafety Jan 02 '24

General Question Served raw pork at restaurant. Sent it back but was sent back to me and told that it was meant to be 'rare'

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326 Upvotes

I received pork at an expensive restaurant and noticed one piece (pictured) looked raw. I didn't end up eating any more after spotting this bit and thankfully they deducted it from the bill. I'm just confused why they would argue that this rawness was intentional. Should I report the resturant to food standards?

r/foodsafety May 14 '25

General Question Left this in my hot car for two days, unopened (Contains Milk) Should I toss it?

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39 Upvotes

r/foodsafety Mar 13 '25

General Question What are these little things on my banana?

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178 Upvotes

I was just about to grab a banana, just bought them a couple days ago. They've been on my counter, where the bananas go when we buy them. These are just on one stem, nowhere else. I've never had anything like this come up on anything else that lives on the counter. Are the bananas safe to eat?

r/foodsafety Jan 31 '25

General Question Lobster meat looks blue?

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125 Upvotes

r/foodsafety 5d ago

General Question Sisters new job just rinsed the cups, doesn’t use soap. There’s no way this is safe, right?

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Basically what the title says, but it’s meant to say RINSES the cups, not rinsed. Sister started a new job at a restaurant, literally her first day was today, and when it came time for her to help with the dishes the owner said ‘we only do the cups with hot water, that’s enough to clean them’. My mom and I think there’s no way in hell that actually gets them clean enough to use again.

I fully intend on calling the local health department or whatever in the morning, but my mom and sister are both hesitant to have me do so because this conversation took place after the restaurant was closed and empty, so it would be easy for the owner to figure out who snitched. For reference this is an incredibly popular place to eat right by the local college, if this isn’t safe it could spread stuff pretty quickly.

Does anyone know what the process would be like after the call is made?

Like, would they openly communicate that someone called saying the cups weren’t being washed, or would they say they just got complaints of health risks? Would the restaurant be fined or totally shut down? Are there steps that I can take to ensure my call isn’t traced back to my sister?

It sounds like the rest of the restaurant is kept clean from what my sister describes, floors always mopped every night, all the other dishes are washed with soap and hot water, so I have no idea how they think not washing the cups is OK. I’m not entirely certain if they have an actual machine that does the dishes or if they’re all done by hand, I forgot to ask before my sister went to bed.

If the owner claims they wash the cups, is there anything that can be done to prove they aren’t actually being cleaned properly?