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abbotsburyokay so since this is the science memes community, did I choose the right foodborne illness or was there a better punchline than listeria?
phobiacI ran a microbiology lab that specifically tested for food borne illness causing bacteria.
Here’s a very recent attempt to assess the safety of cold brew coffee coming out of UGA. newswire.caes.uga.edu/…/cold-brew-coffee.html
These findings line up with earlier work such as this paper doing a general analysis of cold brew coffee and this Canadian government report on detected food borne pathogens in cold brew coffee..
The consensus I’m seeing is that cold brew coffee, especially when kept cold, is not a great environment for most food borne illness causing pathogens to thrive. Bacillus cereus and potentially botulism would have been more accurate choices.
Can cold brew coffee make you sick?
Cold brew coffee’s smooth taste, rich flavor and low acidity have made this trendy drink a global favorite no matter the weather. New research from the University of Georgia funded by the UGA Center for Food Safety looks into the possibility of cold brew coffee to pose a food safety hazard when it is contaminated with foodborne pathogens.