"Malcolm" wrote in message ...


In article , Nick Maclaren
writes
In article ,
Malcolm wrote:


The danger with high-protein, non-acid foods, such as fish and meat
is that mere boiling point is not enough to destroy Clostridium
botulinum spores. If one then germinates, the toxin will build
up, and the sealed food can then be lethal. Yes, it happens.

This is scaremongering, based on nothing at all, it would seem.

According to the NHS website, there were just 33 recorded cases of
food-borne botulism in England and Wales in the 30 years from 1980 and
2010, and 26 of those were linked to a single outbreak in 1989 caused by
contaminated hazelnut yoghurt.

Sigh. And just how many people in the UK bottle meat, fish and
other such high-protein, non-acid foods in Kilner jars? Almost
everyone has better sense than to do that, because there are much
better ways.

Clearly not, judging by this thread. I also note the absence of any
evidence to back up your blatant scaremongering about botulism,
including "it happens", which I note you have snipped, presumably so you
can avoid having to respond to my request to demonstrate that it
referred to Kilner jars.

Bottling low-protein, acid foods such as almost all fruit is and
never has been a problem and accounts for the VAST majority of
such bottling in the UK. The remainder is almost always low-protein,
non-acid foods such as vegetables.

So why are you wittering on about virtually non-existent botulism? Are
you deliberately trying to scare people for the hell of it? Or was it
based on ignorance of the facts about botulism in the UK?

--
Malcolm