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satehen
11-09-2005, 12:19 PM
My mother made me throw away a dented can of beans today. She's insisting that you can catch botchulism from dented cans! Is that really true? :confused:
Panthro
11-09-2005, 12:38 PM
No. [Unless it was broken]
satehen
11-09-2005, 12:47 PM
No just dented. Waste of beans then? :grump:
Panthro
11-09-2005, 12:51 PM
Yup.
Kentish
11-09-2005, 01:36 PM
My mother made me throw away a dented can of beans today. She's insisting that you can catch botchulism from dented cans! Is that really true? :confused:
The contents can react with the metal if the inner coating is damaged by the denting. But botulism, no.

I wouldn't buy a dented tin but if I droppped it at home, no probs.
lucifer devil
11-09-2005, 04:11 PM
what's botchulism? i know i could do a search but i'm sure there must be other people who don't know what it is...
Char_Baby
11-09-2005, 04:43 PM
what's botchulism? i know i could do a search but i'm sure there must be other people who don't know what it is...
:wave: was about to ask the same thing!!
1andonly
11-09-2005, 05:33 PM
I think it causes paralysis and comes from some sort of toxin. Someone correct me if I'm wrong :chin:
Miffy
11-09-2005, 06:34 PM
It's botulism, it's an extremely serious but rare form of food poisoning.

It sometimes occurs from canned food, but that's really home canned food, not really something we go in for here, more in the U.S.

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/he.asp?articleID=57
Panthro
11-09-2005, 08:55 PM
Botulin is deadly, it is the stuff that botox is made oyt of.
bluesneakersben
11-09-2005, 10:36 PM
Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that causes botulism. It can cause death by paralysis. It's really rare but is associated with canned foods. People have no trouble with preparations of the toxin being injected into their face though... as panthro said.
kate123
14-04-2007, 02:06 PM
My mother made me throw away a dented can of beans today. She's insisting that you can catch botchulism from dented cans! Is that really true? :confused:

Nope she has it the wrong way around. If it looks like your can is bulging, than you can catch botulism, due to the fact it's and anaerobic bacteria (doesn't require oxygen) it can live in cans, and if it does, it feeds off of whatsoever is in the can, and produces gas as waste, hence the bulging of the can.
Glittery
14-04-2007, 02:28 PM
The beans would've been out of date by now anyway since this thread is nearly 2 years old :p

Wonder what happened to Panthro? :chin:
RubberSkin
14-04-2007, 02:39 PM
Ate a dented tin of botulism :p
Glittery
14-04-2007, 04:15 PM
Poor bugger :crying: