r/foodsafety

I just bit into a cooked frozen sausage patty from Aldi, and felt something hard in my mouth. At first thinking it was a bone (as is very commonly found in ground sausage), I was warning my fiancée of this as I fished it out of my mouth, and when i pulled it out, found that it was actually a piece of broken glass, large enough that there was printed text visible on it. How should I go about reporting this?

can anyone explain what those black spots are and if this is safe to consume?? it is my first time purchasing beef liver but I don't think it's supposed to look like that!

my roommate left raw chicken on paper towels exposed in the fridge overnight. I don't eat meat but common sense tells me it should at least be in a tray or plate right? It's above my produce drawer and the paper towels became damp and were touching my seltzer cans
Am I overreacting that it seems really unsanitary?

I just took a bite of a date, and a brown powdery substance puffed out. Inside the date there is a ton of it. What is it?

My fridge has been acting up so we got this thermometer to keep track of temperature. The food was above 40 degrees for almost exactly 4 hours. But it didn’t get above 45. Would we think food still ok?

Hello, i recently bought a jar of cueritos ( pickled pigs skin ) from frys and added some garlic the next day. About 4-6 days later it turned a strange neon green?? i’ve seen on reddit it’s kinda normal for it to turn green but is it ok for it to be this bright 😭😭 k really wanted cueritos rn so can i just throw the garlic out if not?

Hi All. Accidentally cooked this skinless from Sam’s Club with the absorbent pad underneath (see images). Is it still safe to eat or should I trash it?

Hello all, I bought this banana yesterday, and noticed a weird square cut out of one on the bananas, looks glued shut in the second photo, and cut in half it has a mushy spot where the incision was made. Is this some sort of quality control? Not eating it or the other bananas out of general caution. Has anyone seen this? Apologies if this is common knowledge about quality control or something.

So today I bought canned green asparagus, opened it and the lid did noise as it opened, just like *any normal can would*. I ate a few (they looked fine and tasted okay, though it was my first time eating canned asparagus instead of fresh ones). Then I took one out the can and it looked quite funny, with the little whites dots on it. I checked the lid too and was quite surprised to see moldy looking stains. Anyways, I’m pretty sure I have to throw it away, but I just was wondering what I risk from eating them, and if I should remove them from my stomach.

This is the only piece that I found. The dish generally doesn't have any solid ingredients apart from meat cubes, so this piece stood out while I was eating.

I've never seen a white insect leg, but it looks suspicious.

TLDR:I know nothing about Papayas. The end appears to have fuzzy mold & there is also an exposed cut in the papaya. Picture 3 shows the cut. Is it safe(especially for kids!) to eat?

My son has been wanting us to buy a papaya FOREVER. He ‘graduates’ from preschool tomorrow so I thought it would be a fun snack. I had to do a curbside order due to various reasons & this is the papaya they gave me. It appears to have fuzzy mold where the stem was & a nick in the outer skin. Is it unsafe to eat? Ideally, it would be eaten by a 12 month old as well as the older kiddos. I’ve never purchased or cut a papaya on my own (honestly I didn’t realize they are so BIG!) Any advice on this papaya & what to keep a lookout for if I have to go replace it tonight once everyone’s in bed? Thanks so much!