[Sca-cooks] Strange question re: food contamination

Philip & Susan Troy troy at asan.com
Thu May 24 07:16:23 PDT 2001


"Decker, Terry D." wrote:
>
> Herpes, both genital (Herpes Simplex-2) and cold sores (Herpes Simplex-1),
> spreads by direct contact.  This normally means touching the infected area
> and transferring the virus by touching someone else.  Since the common
> locations for herpes are around the mouth and genitals, sex and kissing are
> the most common methods of transmission.
>
> It is unlikely that the disease will be transmitted in food, especially if
> the the kitchen staff properly washes the hands and uses food handlers
> gloves.

I dunno. I've been in restaurants that served what appeared to be
distinctly undercooked doorknobs...

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

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