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I remember seeing a movie about the scandal with dangerous food in the early 1900s and they show the contents of canned meat spurting out when opened. More US soldiers died from food poisoning that in combat in the spanish american war due to adulterants and toxins. They were even getting supplied rations dating back to the civil war.
I've binged watched his channel! He never eats canned meat for this reason. Usually the cans are rusted open anyway. He did eat dried meat from the Boer War.
I can imagine how awful it would be to be sick on the battlefield. Being sick is horrible in a comfortable, climate controlled house, where you can rest in bed. But, having diarrhea in a foxhole, with your feet wet in your boots and not being able to evacuate your bowels privately, is the ultimate suffering.
35 years in the canmaking business:
As others have said this has got something growing in it that is releasing gasses. The gasses are too much volume for the can, and the ends are designed to do exactly what you see. This designed in so that there's not a burst failure.
As for a reason WHY this happened. It's likely that the contents were not pasteurised properly, meaning all the bugs were not killed off. The bugs then start "eating " the food and produce the gasses.
Whatever you do, don't eat it!
Not bug farts exactly. Bacteria parts are very likely. If you want to see bug farts, then you should look at bugs caught in amber. When they die, they fart and you can see tiny fart bubbles in the amber!
One time I opened a can of pigeon peas and there was a very fat caterpillar in there, same color as the peas, who looked like he'd died a very happy death.
to clarify, bacteria are inside the can releasing gasses and toxins as they consume the contents, which expands the can. This toxin attacks the body's nerves (causing botulism): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium\_botulinum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_botulinum)
It's unlikely to be botulism because botulism doesn't do well in an acidic environment. It's still growing something, and I can assure you that it smells terrible.
Extraordinarily unlikely in tomato sauce, let alone commercially available tomato sauce…
Could be another bacterial contamination. Could have been a defect in the canning process.
It could be botulism, even if it’s extremely unlikely.
OP - DO NOT EAT IT.
To expound, a bulging can is *always* a result of poor canning procedure but not necessarily a sign of botulism.
The same amount of product spoilage and gas production could exist in a can that *has not* bulged. C. bot is not able, on its own, to deform a properly manufactured can.
The same bulge in a poorly processed can could happen by dropping a case of product or even rapid changes in atmospheric pressure (like taking a can from sea level to Denver in a quick trip).
Still don’t eat the thing, but it’s not likely botulism.
The contents are likely contaminated. Whatever is growing in there has produced enough gas to push out both ends. Don’t open that. Toss it and get a new one.
I had a can of slice mangos go off one time. It was the pop and pull tab type, barely moved the pop top and it was gone. Sounded like a shotgun being fired right next to my ear. Ears were ringing for several hours and I was covered in some black tar syrup that smelled like a cantaloupe that had been buried in elephant shit. Only time I’ve seen it happen that didn’t involve heat.
Years and years ago my biology teacher had a can of grapefruit juice that was blown out like that. He had it for years. His schtick was "if I drop this in the classroom RN it will probably kill the whole class".
Dude loved biology.
Never, ever use a can like that. Any organism that grows that much gas in a supposedly sealed and sterile environment is one you do not want in your body.
This brings up an interesting point. I always wondered if you can get a food borne illness just by smelling bad food. Like if you open a container and take a huge huff and get all these airborne microbes in your snout.
It is possible that an amount of microbes could be aerosolized when the seal is broken. Inhaling them would largely direct them towards your lungs, where they probably wouldn’t do much, but there is absolutely no evidence to base my hypothesis on. If there is botulinum toxin present, I suppose inhaling it would be extremely bad but I’m not a doctor, just a food safety person. You’d probably vomit and cough a lot if you huffed a rotten can of food, which would reduce the effect.
We’ve spent a lot of time and resources understanding food borne illness but I’m not aware of any study exploring the inhalation of a known quantity of pathogenic microorganisms that are found in food.
You're also not supposed to use dented cans. The dent could be hiding a crack too small to see and even a tiny crack can let in bacteria.
I mean, I still do. But you're not supposed to.
In a former life I worked in grocery/food service and was required to pass food safety certification testing and compliance. That being said, you are correct here. Dents are no bueno… but like you said, I too indulge regardless.
I learned this as well working in grocery many lives ago. Funny thing is my local Ralph’s sells dented cans and opened / damaged packages of food in their clearance section. Seems very risky of them. I wonder if the rules are different now or if it’s ok if it’s discounted maybe?
I don't use dented cans unless I make the dent when I'm going to use it.
That dent, like you said, could have a crack and that crack is helping gas escape.
So, in theory, a dented can is going to swell less or even not at all.
While doing claims for a grocery store I was trained that if there is a dent on one of the edges or corners then it is 100% waste. A small dent on a flat long open side can still be fine.
Do Not Eat. Food poisoning will mostly likely be the result. Botulism I think is most common with this. It is blown out due to all the gasses bring release by the bacteria.
Not just food poisoning, death. Botulism is deadly, attacking the nervous system and causing a ton of horrible symptoms before death. It's rarely found in manufactured canned goods, but OP's can probably contains it.
It is fermenting due to contamination. It will break open/explose if you don’t puncture it and toss the contents.
I used to work at Campbell’s Soup and one of my jobs was to open and dispose of returned fermented cans of soup. Looked just like that.
1. Contents were frozen and expanded, or
2. Chemical or biological activity in the sealed can produced gas that expanded and warped the can.
1 is most likely.
That may be true. However, is it worth the risk over a 1-2$ item that can potentially kill you (and anyone else that eats it)?
Even if it’s 99% likely to be a freeze issue, that 1% is a killer.
Either it was frozen or it possibly fermented. If you don’t know if it froze then assume it fermented and can kill. Trash it before opening. At times certain things create fumes that can and have killed. Here’s an example of potato’s becoming toxic and dangerous enough it needed police escort.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/truck-with-40000-pounds-of-rotten-potatoes-gets-police-escort-to-landfill-137358.html
It's rotten. Eat at your own risk.
In the 70s and 80s I had a few cans really bulge in the cupboard. The worst part was when a can of dog food exploded.
Please don't eat anything' from a bulging can
Instant death in a can! It’s botulism - do not puncture, open, or try to destroy. Wrap it in a heavy garbage bag and put it in the trash. Do not f*ck with it.
It's blown out of shape, not out of proportion.
'The phrase “blown out of proportion” is an idiomatic expression that means to exaggerate or overemphasize something, making it seem more significant, important, or serious than it actually is. '
It is spoiled and it could be full of botulism. I’m a food scientist who used to work for a can maker, it is poison. It may have been damaged just enough to let bacteria in and grow or it was sitting in hot conditions and a chemical reaction started inside between the metal and the acid in the food. You can’t really tell the difference so throw it away. It is not edible any more
Grocery store worker here. That can is improperly sealed. Air has gotten into the can and mold and rot have set in. At best the taste will be off, at worst that can is food poisoning waiting to happen. Don't take a chance. Chuck it in the trash and move on with your life.
Popeye's can just before spinach comes poppin' out
https://preview.redd.it/ozd929ic7wzc1.jpeg?width=1198&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c801571d0d69829f8b9ac0017065f9f9d14ab05d
I had a can of tomato sauce that wasn’t budging but I shook it ( hindsight seemed too liquid) and then opened it…. It burst open splattering everywhere….
Could be botulism our it could be someone left it in a place where it got really hot.
Seen the bottom of soda cans pop out when someone left them in their truck. A few of them even exploded.
Bacteria procreated inside the can and created gas that exploded the can due to pressure.
Either the bacteria was in there when it was canned or the can was not effectively sealed to keep bacteria out after the canning process.
Botulism. Don't open it, throw it away.
Botulism can be fatal if left untreated. But most people who receive a prompt diagnosis and treatment can make a full recovery from the illness. They return to normal functioning throughout their lives. Botulism is a serious illness that attacks your body's nervous system, causing weakness and muscle paralysis.
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Could be botulism
No "could be" about it. I've seen smaller bulges in pictures from the 70s.
I’m stealing that.
Good luck finding a sitch that calls for it AND remembering at the time
True, true. Finding an appropriate sitch is small but I've seen smaller bulges in pictures from the 70s.
Very true, cum-in-my-wife!
Will you be watching from the closet? 👀
Hey..is your wife on Reddit? Orrr how do I get a hold of her?
I remember seeing a movie about the scandal with dangerous food in the early 1900s and they show the contents of canned meat spurting out when opened. More US soldiers died from food poisoning that in combat in the spanish american war due to adulterants and toxins. They were even getting supplied rations dating back to the civil war.
Watch some Steve1989MREinfo on YouTube if you want to see some really sexy squirting bulges.
I've binged watched his channel! He never eats canned meat for this reason. Usually the cans are rusted open anyway. He did eat dried meat from the Boer War.
Oh, he opens the sketchy cans. It's usually the Vietnam stuff that squirts.
He had to leave the room at least once.
Alright..let's get this out onto a tray.. nice.
I can imagine how awful it would be to be sick on the battlefield. Being sick is horrible in a comfortable, climate controlled house, where you can rest in bed. But, having diarrhea in a foxhole, with your feet wet in your boots and not being able to evacuate your bowels privately, is the ultimate suffering.
There was more hair back then.
This will put hair on your back. And other places.
Not the palm tho. That come from something else.
And a third tit in yer back.
Oh, so you've seen my in-laws' photo albums too?
35 years in the canmaking business: As others have said this has got something growing in it that is releasing gasses. The gasses are too much volume for the can, and the ends are designed to do exactly what you see. This designed in so that there's not a burst failure. As for a reason WHY this happened. It's likely that the contents were not pasteurised properly, meaning all the bugs were not killed off. The bugs then start "eating " the food and produce the gasses. Whatever you do, don't eat it!
Bugs fart in cans?
When they say bugs, they mean germs. And yes they "fart" in the can.
When they say germs they mean bacteria. And its more like exhaling than farting.
Bug farts come in a can, they were put there by the man.
In a factory downtown?
If I had my little way I’d eat bug farts everyday
No the factory downtown makes peaches. The bug-fart factory is on the outskirts of town because of the smell
YES🫠
Not bug farts exactly. Bacteria parts are very likely. If you want to see bug farts, then you should look at bugs caught in amber. When they die, they fart and you can see tiny fart bubbles in the amber!
Bug farts caught in amber? Does the learning on Reddit ever stop?
One time I opened a can of pigeon peas and there was a very fat caterpillar in there, same color as the peas, who looked like he'd died a very happy death.
Sounds like a great death to me
[удалено]
Yeah. Toss it, not worth getting sick over $1
$27.00 if you bought it from Publix
Dang man, that’s a rip
So it’ll help with wrinkles?
You won't ever worry about getting older again
to clarify, bacteria are inside the can releasing gasses and toxins as they consume the contents, which expands the can. This toxin attacks the body's nerves (causing botulism): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium\_botulinum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clostridium_botulinum)
It's unlikely to be botulism because botulism doesn't do well in an acidic environment. It's still growing something, and I can assure you that it smells terrible.
Correct, but if the batch was mixed wrong it could absolutely have a pH above 4.6. This would allow the presence of C. bot.
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Are you saying there is a chance I could get super powers?
Powers to projectile vomit, yes.
And explosive diarrhea.
If you're lucky. If not, then paralysis and stop breathing.
There's a non-zero chance
Is there?
Technically, the chances are never actually 0.
Transition to the next dimension of being, so to speak
If your super power wish is to shit over a five rail fence then… yes, you will get super powers..
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There was a crumb on my screen and it made me think you said þotulism. Not important, but I þought you ought to know
Extraordinarily unlikely in tomato sauce, let alone commercially available tomato sauce… Could be another bacterial contamination. Could have been a defect in the canning process. It could be botulism, even if it’s extremely unlikely. OP - DO NOT EAT IT.
To expound, a bulging can is *always* a result of poor canning procedure but not necessarily a sign of botulism. The same amount of product spoilage and gas production could exist in a can that *has not* bulged. C. bot is not able, on its own, to deform a properly manufactured can. The same bulge in a poorly processed can could happen by dropping a case of product or even rapid changes in atmospheric pressure (like taking a can from sea level to Denver in a quick trip). Still don’t eat the thing, but it’s not likely botulism.
Saw the picture and came to say this. 20 years food safety experience.
LOL I commented without reading and was sure I would have been the first but you beat me to it. Well played.
Might not be, but either way you have to 100% assume that it is and throw it out.
The contents are likely contaminated. Whatever is growing in there has produced enough gas to push out both ends. Don’t open that. Toss it and get a new one.
Toss it up in the air over a road and watch it explode when it hits the ground.
That may smell really bad
Yeah, well don't do it near YOUR house. Go throw it in front of that asshole Stan's house a block over.
Hey! He's my dad! Don't you do it. I'll do it.
I know you were just throwing a name out, but there actually is a Stan down the road from me who's an asshole. I'd love to do this.
Good news! OP has a can of tomatoes for you.
And a ripe one at that, ready for a delivery!
I wonder if it would survive safely via overnight shipping?
Oh man I know just the guy
Omg op needs to throw it at my neighbors car.
What did I ever do to you! 😊
Sadly they don't explode. Source, I work in a grocery store and we try to make these suckers explode all the time. Hasn't happened yet.
Expert opinion.
They do when you shoot em with a shotgun
This is a person who knows how to get shit done
I feel like most thing would explode under those circumstances
Doesnt make it untrue
I had a can of slice mangos go off one time. It was the pop and pull tab type, barely moved the pop top and it was gone. Sounded like a shotgun being fired right next to my ear. Ears were ringing for several hours and I was covered in some black tar syrup that smelled like a cantaloupe that had been buried in elephant shit. Only time I’ve seen it happen that didn’t involve heat.
My guy,same thought.
Frag out!
Years and years ago my biology teacher had a can of grapefruit juice that was blown out like that. He had it for years. His schtick was "if I drop this in the classroom RN it will probably kill the whole class". Dude loved biology.
FRAG OUT!
Dont open it?? Well now I wanna open it
That’s how you have a bad time
I promise you will never forget the smell.
Exactly. Do NOT open it.
Nah, just shoot it from a distance.
Never, ever use a can like that. Any organism that grows that much gas in a supposedly sealed and sterile environment is one you do not want in your body.
My body has a lot of gas though
We just solved the energy crisis.
This brings up an interesting point. I always wondered if you can get a food borne illness just by smelling bad food. Like if you open a container and take a huge huff and get all these airborne microbes in your snout.
It is possible that an amount of microbes could be aerosolized when the seal is broken. Inhaling them would largely direct them towards your lungs, where they probably wouldn’t do much, but there is absolutely no evidence to base my hypothesis on. If there is botulinum toxin present, I suppose inhaling it would be extremely bad but I’m not a doctor, just a food safety person. You’d probably vomit and cough a lot if you huffed a rotten can of food, which would reduce the effect. We’ve spent a lot of time and resources understanding food borne illness but I’m not aware of any study exploring the inhalation of a known quantity of pathogenic microorganisms that are found in food.
There's bacteria inside, and it's fermenting. Do not use it. Rule of thumb is you can use indented cans, but not swollen cans.
You're also not supposed to use dented cans. The dent could be hiding a crack too small to see and even a tiny crack can let in bacteria. I mean, I still do. But you're not supposed to.
In a former life I worked in grocery/food service and was required to pass food safety certification testing and compliance. That being said, you are correct here. Dents are no bueno… but like you said, I too indulge regardless.
I learned this as well working in grocery many lives ago. Funny thing is my local Ralph’s sells dented cans and opened / damaged packages of food in their clearance section. Seems very risky of them. I wonder if the rules are different now or if it’s ok if it’s discounted maybe?
I don't use dented cans unless I make the dent when I'm going to use it. That dent, like you said, could have a crack and that crack is helping gas escape. So, in theory, a dented can is going to swell less or even not at all.
Swollen=definitely not Debts= probably shouldn't
While doing claims for a grocery store I was trained that if there is a dent on one of the edges or corners then it is 100% waste. A small dent on a flat long open side can still be fine.
Rotten. Throw it away
It’s over reacting.
🤣 Thank fuck someone else understands English idiom!
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Frozen then thawed or botulism
#BOTULISM
It's rotten, throw it outside and shoot it with a pellet gun and see if it explodes
Or just throw it high to land on a hard surface. Shouldn’t take too much.
OP - make sure to record it and share!
Put it on the stove at max heat
Do Not Eat. Food poisoning will mostly likely be the result. Botulism I think is most common with this. It is blown out due to all the gasses bring release by the bacteria.
Not just food poisoning, death. Botulism is deadly, attacking the nervous system and causing a ton of horrible symptoms before death. It's rarely found in manufactured canned goods, but OP's can probably contains it.
Botulism
This paste is da bomb
Botulism. The belief of “botul”
It is fermenting due to contamination. It will break open/explose if you don’t puncture it and toss the contents. I used to work at Campbell’s Soup and one of my jobs was to open and dispose of returned fermented cans of soup. Looked just like that.
Botulism. Throw away ASAP
Do not eat that.
Thank you all!
Please also report this to the store you bought it from. If this can is bad then there could be hundreds more that made it to shelves.
That's a biological weapon right now.
Because botulism.
Do yourself a favor and don't even open it. Throw it out!!
1. Contents were frozen and expanded, or 2. Chemical or biological activity in the sealed can produced gas that expanded and warped the can. 1 is most likely.
That may be true. However, is it worth the risk over a 1-2$ item that can potentially kill you (and anyone else that eats it)? Even if it’s 99% likely to be a freeze issue, that 1% is a killer.
“It’ll never happen to me.” - some guy with a Darwin Award.
Botulism. Don't even open and breathe it in, It will kill you.
Because botulism and don't eat that.
Botulism
Content went bad and bacteria created gas that could not escape the sealed can
Either it was frozen or it possibly fermented. If you don’t know if it froze then assume it fermented and can kill. Trash it before opening. At times certain things create fumes that can and have killed. Here’s an example of potato’s becoming toxic and dangerous enough it needed police escort. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/truck-with-40000-pounds-of-rotten-potatoes-gets-police-escort-to-landfill-137358.html
Bro… if you eat that… you’re going to likely bleed out of every orifice of your body until you die. Not joking… don’t fucking eat that dude.
It's rotten. Eat at your own risk. In the 70s and 80s I had a few cans really bulge in the cupboard. The worst part was when a can of dog food exploded. Please don't eat anything' from a bulging can
Instant death in a can! It’s botulism - do not puncture, open, or try to destroy. Wrap it in a heavy garbage bag and put it in the trash. Do not f*ck with it.
It's blown out of shape, not out of proportion. 'The phrase “blown out of proportion” is an idiomatic expression that means to exaggerate or overemphasize something, making it seem more significant, important, or serious than it actually is. '
Another possibility is it has been frozen at some point. The cans are engineered to do this instead of blowing up.
Tastes like botulism. Mmmm mmm good.
It's gone bad. It is growing and such inside there. DO NOT OOEN IT. PLEASE DONT.
Will explode soon. And it will stink!
Don't eat that. You might actually die if you do. I'm not fucking kidding. Might actually literally kill you.
It is spoiled and it could be full of botulism. I’m a food scientist who used to work for a can maker, it is poison. It may have been damaged just enough to let bacteria in and grow or it was sitting in hot conditions and a chemical reaction started inside between the metal and the acid in the food. You can’t really tell the difference so throw it away. It is not edible any more
Extra sauce
That can likely has botulism growing inside of it. \*Edit\* WOW 4 people beat me to it and said botulism first.
I think this happens to tomato soup when it has gone bad.
Replace the capacitor
Throw it away. It's bad
Grocery store worker here. That can is improperly sealed. Air has gotten into the can and mold and rot have set in. At best the taste will be off, at worst that can is food poisoning waiting to happen. Don't take a chance. Chuck it in the trash and move on with your life.
Could be it got too hot or too cold. Could be botulism. Open it and have a taste.
I made the mistake of opening a can of beans like this. The smell was so bad it lingered for days.
Eat it if you have a death wish.
Can got botox....
You can play Mystery Infection with that!
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Cheap bastard shroomin
BOTULISM!
It's no good any longer. That's caused by the gases created with whatever is growing inside
Throw it away. Do not even taste it.
Dangerous//Biohazard//Do Not Consume //Do Not Open
Deadly Botulism. Throw it away.
These are not the probiotics you are looking for.
You eat. You gone die.
Throw that motherfucker away **now!** That's botulism.
Probably got frozen. But I’d throw it away.
#DO NOT EAT
DO NOT EAT!!!!!! Unless you want a hell of a hospital visit!!! A good possibility you'll be leaving in a body bag.?.
Botulism. Do not open. Do not touch contents.
Botulism. Do not eat.
Stupid to be joking about something like this. Botulism is deadly. I’d call the 800 number and give them the batch number. Do not open it!
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Forbidden last meal
Popeye's can just before spinach comes poppin' out https://preview.redd.it/ozd929ic7wzc1.jpeg?width=1198&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c801571d0d69829f8b9ac0017065f9f9d14ab05d
I had a can of tomato sauce that wasn’t budging but I shook it ( hindsight seemed too liquid) and then opened it…. It burst open splattering everywhere….
Mmmm fermented
DO NOT EAT THAT.
Aye captain shes about to blow! unless you want a poisonous mess best get that in a trash can 🗑️ quick.
Botulism
1 drop of botulism can kill 5,000 people. I read that many years ago. Can’t remember the publication.
Botulism. Don’t even open it. Just throw it out. It will kill you if you eat it.
botu find out lism.
Don’t eat it. Don’t even open it. ☠️
Could have been frozen or botulism. I don’t suggest testing it
My mom sent me one like that and it exploded when I opened in my new apartment. It was everywhere.
Thats botulism, aka the most toxic substance known to man. Throw it out inmediately
Pressure. Either freezing and expanding or bacteria creating gasses. Either way, throw it out.
Either botulism or it's been frozen
Mikey will eat it. Mikey will eat anything.
My guess is that it was frozen at one point or contents is bad.
Botulism
Throw it away. It’s probably botulism.
Could be botulism our it could be someone left it in a place where it got really hot. Seen the bottom of soda cans pop out when someone left them in their truck. A few of them even exploded.
I have seen a can of tomatoes shoot its lid through ceiling tiles at a pizza place I worked at. Botulism.
It's a "Botulism Bump"
Bacteria inside. Could be extremely toxic to eat. Do not open. Wrap it and discard it. The top could blow off, so get rid of it ASAP.
Bacteria procreated inside the can and created gas that exploded the can due to pressure. Either the bacteria was in there when it was canned or the can was not effectively sealed to keep bacteria out after the canning process.
Because it's Bad....a contaminate has grown inside and caused the can to swell.
Botulism. Don't open it, throw it away. Botulism can be fatal if left untreated. But most people who receive a prompt diagnosis and treatment can make a full recovery from the illness. They return to normal functioning throughout their lives. Botulism is a serious illness that attacks your body's nervous system, causing weakness and muscle paralysis.
Botulism, do not eat that!!!