Community Chat

[cherry]

Gee, Mr Cherry just made some of his peanut butter, suet, cakes for the birds. I think he used flour. I will have to check the brand?

Do you think it is safe for the birds, or should we throw it away?

[SilleeMee]

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@cherry wrote:

Gee, Mr Cherry just made some of his peanut butter, suet, cakes for the birds. I think he used flour. I will have to check the brand?

Do you think it is safe for the birds, or should we throw it away?

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There are many strains of the Salmonella bacteria. Some strains can make birds sick. I would throw it out. @cherry

[grandma r]

Thanks for the update.  I bought a 5 lb bag yesterday, but, it's bleached.

[cherry]

@SilleeMeeI just checked, and it's Pillsbury. The birds have already eaten a ton of it. I would have felt awful, if it made them sick

[Vivian]

With food inspections on hold due to the shut down, I have been trying to buy food frozen at least two months ago. I’ve also tried to buy food from Canada, since I live a couple of hours from the border. I fear a food poisoning outbreak or, worse, an airline tragedy. I think that is the only thing that will move our alleged representatives.

[sunshine45]

i guess i have to dump my flour out.

i always just put it into a lock and lock container and throw away the bag.

[oakleysara]

Thanks for posting this @Eileen in Virginia.

[dex]

@Vivian I love to buy food from Canada too.They have much stricter inspections.I live close to the border too but still we get so much from Mexico here.I think Canadian grown produce is much nicer.

[Vivian]

Whatnow, I so agree with you about Canadian products. Yesterday I bought a Canadian packaged variety pack of fresh sweet peppers, yellow, orange, and red. They were perfect. I have used some in a homemade tomato sauce and will use them tomorrow in a pot roast with other roasted vegetables. I assume they were inspected, unlike a couple of other veggies that were from US companies.