Is this boutlism?!


Question: I bought a jar of pickled turnips in beet juice, vinegar, and salt from Lebanon (I like to try new things.) When I removed the cap, the jar suddenly foamed like a can of soda pop. It kept foaming for about a minute. This scared the heck out of me. The pickles looked just fine. I had bought another jar a week before, and it didn't foam at all. Any idea what is going on in my Lebanese pickeled turnips?


Answers: I bought a jar of pickled turnips in beet juice, vinegar, and salt from Lebanon (I like to try new things.) When I removed the cap, the jar suddenly foamed like a can of soda pop. It kept foaming for about a minute. This scared the heck out of me. The pickles looked just fine. I had bought another jar a week before, and it didn't foam at all. Any idea what is going on in my Lebanese pickeled turnips?

No, it isn't.
It could be some other illness,
but it is not botulism,

because if it had vinegar,
that has a pH of 2.4

and botulism, like most other
illnesses will not grow in pH lower
than 4.6

it easily could have been
some other factor, such as
a regular spoilage,
reaction or maybe some other
illness, but it would not be botulism

Signs of food spoilage are streaks and dried food at the top of the jar, swollen lids, broken jar seals, rising air bubbles, and any unnatural color. Other indicators include bad or unnatural odor; spurting liquid; white, blue, green, or black mold; or foaming.


do not eat!!!

this is from a home canning website...it mentioned botulism...however there are a host of other bacterias that can cause death and severe illness

sounds like it... are they like home made beets not commercially produced? cause if so... they don't "botulinus cook" at 121 °C (250 °F) for 3 minutes like commercially run food packaging places do.

ewww..throw it out. Sounds like it wasn't sealed right or was too old.





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