Will I die?

[platinumsage]

Is this tin seething with wanton lurgies, or is it just something spilled from outside that accumulated around the join?

 

[nottsgirl]

Looks a bit sus.

 

[JimW]

I've heard of them in tomato or just oil but not responsibly source, is it tasty?

 

[gentlegreen]

It looks like corrosion of the aluminium causing the paint to bubble - presumably some sort of acid finding pinpricks in the paint ?

 

[petee]

Is this tin seething with wanton lurgies, or is it just something spilled from outside that accumulated around the join?

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put it in a separate little bag, put that into your trashbin, and throw it right out.

 

[TopCat]

Make toast now and eat them.

 

[Saunders]

I wouldn’t

 

[kebabking]

Throw it in the bin.

 

[Pickman's model]

it's nothing to be concerned about as long as you're surrounded by medics and the facilities of a major modern hospital for 48 hours after consuming the contents.

 

[moomoo]

Bin it.

 

[spitfire]

It looks like corrosion of the aluminium causing the paint to bubble - presumably some sort of acid finding pinpricks in the paint ?

Does look like that, which would mean the seal is compromised and you might not die but you will probably be very, very ill.

You might not but it's probably not worth it for a £1 tin of sardines.

 

[gentlegreen]

see if the corrosion is visible inside the can

PS garum and Thai fish sauce

 

[Storm Fox]

it's nothing to be concerned about as long as you're surrounded by medics and the facilities of a major modern hospital for 48 hours after consuming the contents.

Botulism

Find out about botulism, a rare but life-threatening condition caused by toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria.

www.nhs.uk

• food-borne botulism – when someone eats food containing the toxins because it hasn't been properly canned, preserved or cooked

 

[Pickman's model]

Botulism

Find out about botulism, a rare but life-threatening condition caused by toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria.

www.nhs.uk

 

[spitfire]

Botulism

Find out about botulism, a rare but life-threatening condition caused by toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria.

www.nhs.uk

Botulism is so fucking hardcore there are only 1 or 2 commercial microbiology labs in the country that will carry out tests for it. And they cost lots and lots of money.

You could home test but it may result in admission to hospital and possible death.

 

[danny la rouge]

 

[Sue]

On a more fundamental level, sardines should always be binned uneaten. HTH.

 

[nottsgirl]

Also, you will die.

 

[spitfire]

Also, you will die.

For throwing sardines in the bin? Fucking hell that's harsh.

 

[Pickman's model]

On a more fundamental level, sardines should always be binned uneaten. HTH.

sardines in tomato sauce anyway

 

[Sue]

sardines in tomato sauce anyway

Sardines in general. Ditto with kippers.

(I'd put this on the unpopular opinions thread but it's obviously not.)

 

[Pickman's model]

Sardines in general. Ditto with kippers.

(I'd put this on the unpopular opinions thread but it's obviously not.)

it may be a popular opinion but that doesn't make it right

 

[Storm Fox]

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And the rest of that section:

Treatment for botulism​

Botulism needs to be treated in hospital.

The way it's treated depends on the type of botulism, but usually involves:

• neutralising the toxins with injections of special antitoxins or antibodies
• supporting the functions of the body, such as breathing, until you recover

Treatment won't reverse any paralysis that's already been caused by the toxin, but will stop it getting any worse.

In most people, paralysis that occurred before treatment will gradually improve over the following weeks or months.

Bin the already disgusting food and save the NHS 000's

 

[Pickman's model]

And the rest of that section:


Bin the already disgusting food and save the NHS 000's

yeh. i thought it was clear from my 'you've nothing to fear if you're surrounded by medics and the facilities of a major hospital' that i didn't think it a good idea to eat the fish.

 

[contadino]

Is this tin seething with wanton lurgies, or is it just something spilled from outside that accumulated around the join?

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a) sardines (herring) aren't an aggressive fish. They eat plankton and krill. There are no credible cases of herring attacking and injuring humans.
b) those herring are dead so pose an even lower risk than a school of them hanging around mid-atlantic.

 

[DaveCinzano]

You'll be fine so long as you eat them with a positive mental attitude.

If you become ill it's just your body's way of telling you that you have low moral fibre

 

[Saunders]

Sardines in tomato sauce are what you have in the cupboard for emergency dog food. Sardines in olive oil on toast are delicious

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Does look like that, which would mean the seal is compromised and you might not die but you will probably be very, very ill.

I had food poisoning from a dodgy tin of fish - trust me, it's absolutely not worth it.

Bin it.

 

[contadino]

Sardines in tomato sauce are what you have in the cupboard for emergency dog food. Sardines in olive oil on toast are delicious

They were an integral part of French field rations in the 80s, so hardly 'back of the cupboard' fare.

 

[DaveCinzano]

I had food poisoning from a dodgy tin of fish - trust me, it's absolutely not worth it.

Bin it.

But was it 'a dodgy tin of fish', or just an all-pervasive envelopment of negative waves?