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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat@containerseeds.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] The Case of the 'Poisonous' Pawpaw Cookies
  • Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:05:35 -0400

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:29:33 -0500, you wrote:


>Agreed. Everything about the situation suggests a pre-formed toxin, that
>was evidently heat-stabile, or at least for the 15 minutes the cookies were
>baked. Sounds very much like Staphylococcal enterotoxin B, which fits
>those criteria. The eggs looked OK. I suppose the pawpaw pulp might be
>the offending source, as it was thawed at room temperature overnight (I
>forgot to stick it in the fridge to thaw.). I'm pretty adamant about
>thawing meats in the fridge, rather than at room temp, but never considered
>the pawpaw pulp as a major threat.
>

Do you suppose it's possible that it was a stomach virus,
contracted by all those people at once?

Can food poisoning really strike people 'within an hour' of
eating the item? That seems awfully fast.

Pat


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