The CDC classifies sniffing your food as a dangerous food safety mistake. The agency states, “You can’t taste, smell, or see the germs that cause food poisoning. Tasting only a tiny amount can make you very sick.” Veuer's Elizabeth Keatinge has more.
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00:00So you sniff that milk that expired a couple days ago, and it seems okay.
00:06It doesn't mean it is.
00:08Some microbes create odors, while others do not.
00:11The CDC classifies sniffing your food as a dangerous food safety mistake.
00:16The agency states, quote, you can't taste, smell, or see the germs that cause food poisoning.
00:22Tasting only a tiny amount can make you very sick, unquote.
00:25Microbiologist Matthew Gilmore tells Science Alert, hints of the parasite listeria could
00:31probably not be smelled on a piece of salmon, quote, over the delicious smells of the dill
00:36and salts and smoke that make up the product, unquote.
00:39Rather than doing that sniff test, your efforts are best used towards storing food at the proper
00:45temperature.
00:46When the time is up to store food safely, throw it out.