Re: [CH] WARNING---Exploding Sauce (More!)
Jeffrey_Rose@eri.eisai.com
13 Jan 2000 14:22:53 -0500
<<Not only has the sauce fermeted - but it contains garlic!
Can anybody say, "botulism"???>>
I think vinegar is the first ingredient on the bottle which probably means the pH is too low (<4.2) for clostridium growth. It is probably cooked to reach that fine pureed consistency, too. My bottles sit on countertops for weeks with no problems (that I know of).
Jeff
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