It's Raw Flour Now !!

[youngmafbog]

But dont worry eggs are ok.

How much do these people get paid because whatever it is the amount is far too much.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5154123/Warning-flour-cake-mix-led-E-coli.html

[murraymints]

good grief !

[Old_Geezer]

If it led to an outbreak then it led to an outbreak. Life is full of risk. Lick the bowl if you wish. I shall continue to pull the flush.

[youngmafbog]

Only after a number 2 I hope OG, remember the water is precious.

[woofgang]

if asked to comment, of course they aren't going to say "oh yes go ahead its perfectly safe" when they know it isn't.....I mean what do you expect?

[EDDIE51]

Just remember that this is a Daily Wail story so it has been intentionally worded so as to maximise impact and outrage.

[murraymints]

pass me that bowl !

[EDDIE51]

I lived in Zambia for 3 years, when we could actually find flour in the shops you had to put the bag in the deep freeze for 2 days before you opened it. This was to kill the weevils so that you could sive them out without them running away.
At one time we went 3 months without any flour, butter or cooking oil/fat in the shops. Yet we survived.

[dannyk13]

Eddie, it is not only a Mail story.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42236702

[EDDIE51]

Yes but just read the Wail's version of it and contrast it to the more measured tone of the BBC . That is my entire point, that the Wail intentionally dramatizes every story , in this case by publishing a photo of a small child eating raw cake mix.

[dannyk13]

Apart from the pictures Eddie, I can't see a lot of difference between the two articles, Both are quoting from the same source.

[EDDIE51]

As a side line I found a way out of the Zambia flour shortage. I went to the flour mill and discovered that there was no shortage of flour , they just did not have any bags to pack it in. I bought a 75 Kilo hessian sack of flour and set up a sale stall in the bar of my local social club. I sold it all at a large profit and got loads of free drinks. I just told people to bring their own containers so that I could weigh the flour into them.
Later I did the same for cooking oil, again I found there was no shortage of oil only of bottles to pack it in. I bought a 50 gallon barrel of oil and sold it from the bar,people just bought their own empty bottles for me to fill. More profit and more free drinks.

[murraymints]

very enterprising !

[EDDIE51]

Yes those 3 years in Zambia were the best of my life. You had to be a bit resourceful though. I saw Victoria Falls and went on a Walking Safari in a game park.

[jourdain2]

Yet another childhood treat under threat! I shall ignore it.