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		bradly on Oct 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I reverse engineered McDonalds’ internal API > Ice cream, as a food that is very close to neutral in pH and without much in the way of preservatives, is a common source of listeria bacteria. Former Blue Bell Creamery CEO was recently charged with seven counts of conspiracy and fraud for not taking proper actions in regards to ice cream based listeria in 2015.

tectec on Oct 22, 2020 [–]

But their listeria just came from being licked?

bradly on Oct 22, 2020 | [–]

No. It came not following standard practices to prevent contamination. Multiple plants had contamination and three people died.

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