'Feces' Bacteria Found in Fast Food Soda Fountains

damnit. :pity:

Well I have been running low on Choloroform.....

Clears the sinuses.

Cartalige is good for you

I wish I could offer some level of assurance but that is disturbing.

E. coli and C. meningosepticum are probably fecal in origin and were probably transferred to the soda (a nutrient rich solution) by employees who did not adequately wash their hands after using the bathroom.

I remember a study done a few years ago that found similar issues with theater seats, bottled water (on the surface of the bottles) and of course the bowls of candy ,nuts, pop corn etc at bars and offices and so on.

Their explanation of the theater thing was people with poor hygiene wearing shorts and sitting in the seats.

Basically the world is covered in crap.

Did anyone see the mythbusters where they tested something like this with toothbrushes. Even with keeping the toothbrush sealed and in the fridge, the fact of the matter is there are fecal bacteria all over the air. It's not all that surprising (to me) to know they found some in soda fountains.

As TJames said, the world is full of crap.

:crapstrom:

I'll have a Dog meat burger combo with cheese and a 6 piece cartiladge pack with BBQ sauce. Oh..and a Diet feces coke.

I'll take a large Dr. Pooper to go please...

"Stitches wrote:

Did anyone see the mythbusters where they tested something like this with toothbrushes. Even with keeping the toothbrush sealed and in the fridge, the fact of the matter is there are fecal bacteria all over the air. It's not all that surprising (to me) to know they found some in soda fountains.

As TJames said, the world is full of crap.

Hehe I was going to mention that. :knucks:

Honestly fecal coliform is every where in the world.
The fact of the matter is there are 7 billion people in this world and every single one of us produce it.

Here is a pretty neat chart that puts somethings in perspective. They are reporting a maximum of 5cfu/100ml in the soda. I personally think we all need to calm down, in the end we are all full of crap.

http://www.oasisdesign.net/water/quality/coliform.htm

I don't care. I'm still going to Taco Bell for dinner tonight.

Nothing is going to stop me from enjoying tasty, cheap, possibly health compromising food!

"JimToss wrote:

Honestly fecal coliform is every where in the world.
The fact of the matter is there are 7 billion people in this world and every single one of us produce it.

Here is a pretty neat chart that puts somethings in perspective. They are reporting a maximum of 5cfu/100ml in the soda. I personally think we all need to calm down, in the end we are all full of crap.

http://www.oasisdesign.net/water/quality/coliform.htm

They are reporting greater than 500 cfu (colony forming units)/ml. That is not insignificant, my friend.

"Celtkin wrote:

They are reporting greater than 500 cfu (colony forming units)/ml. That is not insignificant, my friend.

colony... so that's where the word colon comes from... all this time, thought it came from colonel...

btw, colony forming... we need to get this to the Moon and Mars stat!

"Celtkin wrote:

They are reporting greater than 500 cfu (colony forming units)/ml. That is not insignificant, my friend.

Ouch! you're right. Absolutely my bad. I feel absolutely embarrassed doing that conversion backwards, I'm ashamed.

Should fired from my job for that one.

That puts the soda on scale of 50000cfu/100ml. Its like a flush of a river in Mexico after the dry season.

That seems remarkably high in my mind. Almost too high to believe.

Still no excuse for my backwards conversion.
Nice catch Celt.

"JimToss wrote:

Ouch! you're right. Absolutely my bad. I feel absolutely embarrassed doing that conversion backwards, I'm ashamed.

Should fired from my job for that one.

That puts the soda on scale of 50000cfu/100ml. Its like a flush of a river in Mexico after the dry season.

That seems remarkably high in my mind. Almost too high to believe.

Still no excuse for my backwards conversion.
Nice catch Celt.

Especially significant when you consider:

1) 500 cfu/ml is TNTC
2) Not every bacteria plated will be able to form a colony

What do you do for a living, brother?

"Celtkin wrote:

Especially significant when you consider:

1) 500 cfu/ml is TNTC
2) Not every bacteria plated will be able to form a colony

What do you do for a living, brother?

I'm a chemist. Certainly not a biolgist.
Pretty crappy I messed up a simple unit conversion though, and am rather ashamed.
That's what I get for watching Lost and posting.

I assume you are also in the sciences with your "TNTC."

"JimToss wrote:

I'm a chemist. Certainly not a biolgist.
Pretty crappy I messed up a simple unit conversion though, and am rather ashamed.
That's what I get for watching Lost and posting.

I assume you are also in the sciences with your "TNTC."

No worries, it happens.

:) Yes, I'm a microbiologist.

It could be even worse. Something that I don't like about living here is the habit that people have of picking from bowls of pickled vegetables with their bare hands even though there might be tongs provided. It's especially common with felafel/shawarma stands.

I refuse to patronize places that have toppings out in the open for everyone to grab.

"Miamian wrote:

It could be even worse. Something that I don't like about living here is the habit that people have of picking from bowls of pickled vegetables with their bare hands even though there might be tongs provided. It's especially common with felafel/shawarma stands.

I refuse to patronize places that have toppings out in the open for everyone to grab.

No more salad barsor breakfast bars for me.

Well honestly all food that you don't grow/make yourself is going to be disgusting no matter what. Even then you can think about all the bird feces, animal feces, etc. that you eat with that.

I know a few people who work for a major chicken distributor (same name as a famous boxer) and you would not want to hear some of the things they can get away with lol. Same goes for an uncle I had who worked for a food company that makes several products.

The thing is the food we eat is safe to eat but that doesn't mean because its safe that a disgusting amount of filth isn't seen as acceptable. :lol:

Just eat your food and smile. :D

"Miamian wrote:

It could be even worse. Something that I don't like about living here is the habit that people have of picking from bowls of pickled vegetables with their bare hands even though there might be tongs provided. It's especially common with felafel/shawarma stands.

I refuse to patronize places that have toppings out in the open for everyone to grab.

Nothing...I mean nothing will keep me from eating schawarma or falafel. It's just too good :up:. But hopefully people don't try to sue restaurants for stuff like this. Who knows nowadays with billboards like "Who Can I Sue"?...

Glad I don't eat fast food. :up: