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At approximately 8:20 pm on Wednesday, May fifth, I was watching a show on the food network called good eats. This episode about omelets was about as interesting as a discussion about omelets can get. He was preparing a dish with slightly runny eggs, and I was floored when the host Alton Brown made the comment that you are more likely to get Salmonella from your pet iguana than from under cooked eggs. I was so outraged that I have since not watched good eats or any food network shows. I am boycotting the SCRIPPS Network. I am not sure of the legality of this post since the name food network is copyrighted, but I felt that this needed to be made public.

Where did he get that information? The CDP says that reptile related salmonella makes up only 7% of all salmonella cases.

So some people think you can get sick from reptiles, Just means more for me

I doubt you can boycott that show, and it make a difference. If anything try writing them, and getting them to correct themselves in a future episode. Just a thought..

` Keep your hands out of your mouth until you can wash them.

` It ain't rocket science, anyone can do it.
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So whats the figure for raw eggs? Did anybody bother to see if in fact the guy may have been correct?

Sheesh.

Actually what is important here is bad publicity for reptiles. Think it doesn't matter?

For many years in Florida you could not buy a turtle with a shell length of less than five inches. The legal bright lights were informed that children could put small turtles in their mouths and get salmonilla.

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

Actually, I thought it was 4 inches, and I thought it was still in effect, no? They get around it by pretending the turtles are for "educational" purposes - at least thats what they used to have to do.

Did they change the law?

But still, no one has shown that it was aa false statement.

Maybe rodney knows...rodney? Have you seen any petitions about this one?

It's eased up a lot in the last couple of years. I see roadside vendors selling Babies to the public now. As to size I heard 4" and 5" from two different Game and Fish officers. Since I don't keep turtles you may be right.

Frank
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"The luxury of not getting involved departed with the last lifeboat Skipper..."

I am glad that someone gets the point. It’s not whether you are more likely to get salmonella from your iguana, but that it was simply a strike at reptiles and there owners. They didn’t mention that you could just as easily and more likely get it from poorly handled meats, vegetables that were sacked with meats at the grocery store, fast food restaurants, the family dog or almost any pet, or that it can be found in almost every kitchen in the US. All of those are more plausible than referencing an iguana. We all need to realize that there are lots of people who would be perfectly happy to ban the keeping of reptiles, amphibians, arachnids, phasmids, roaches and anything else you or I may love.