Fecal bacteria found in fountain drinks. Wtf

taktikz

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Seems like the reasons to not eat at fast food restaurants just keep on piling up. We've heard all about the unseemly practices that go into obtaining their meats and innumerable other horrors. But now, let's look at the quality of the soda fountains--another staple of the fast food experience. A recent study has revealed that a full 48% of soda fountains at fast food restaurants contain coliform bacteria--a bacteria that commonly grows in feces. Oh, and 11% contained E. Coli, too.
The study was done by a team of microbiologists at Hollins University, and the findings were just published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology.
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Are you goin to stop drinkin fountain soda now? lol
 


its also floating around in the air around you all the time. Are you going to stop breathing because of it?
 
Fountain soda lines (the tubes that run from the boxes of syrup in the back to the fountain machine) are typically not cleaned on a regular basis (even though there is set policy and procedure to do so). Primarily because it's a pain in the ass time consuming process.

In a restaurant I worked in, we had to actually replace our lines because they got so bad. I had been drinking what came out of those lines for years and never got sick but you could tell a world a difference when the new ones where put in.

If you use a soda fountain and the taste is off, but the color looks good, chances are it's the lines that need to be cleaned. That is a soda fountain you want to avoid.
 
unnecessary panic. the article itself = sensationalist bullshit

Now, while the whole concept does indeed seem disgusting, it's useful to remember that there is a small amount of coliform bacteria in much of the stuff we drink--it's legal, and safe, in certain percentages in US drinking water. And there's only one strain of E. Coli (O157:H7) that's dangerous, which is why outbreaks attributed to soda fountains are so extremely rare--and why nobody really needs to fear for their lives when going for a refill of Dr. Pepper.
 
Guys this is actually real, I've been flying around the country pooping in all the soda. I have also started "soda poop club," an underground organization that gathers once or twice a week to poop in soda. Additionally, in every major city in the US I have set up individual cells which can act independently of each other. Once my plan comes to fruition completely there will be more poop in your soda than you can shake a stick at!

If you see this sticker in the bathroom it's a strong sign you've been drinking my own, or one my associate's poop:

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CLASSIC

Guys this is actually real, I've been flying around the country pooping in all the soda. I have also started "soda poop club," an underground organization that gathers once or twice a week to poop in soda. Additionally, in every major city in the US I have set up individual cells which can act independently of each other. Once my plan comes to fruition completely there will be more poop in your soda than you can shake a stick at!

If you see this sticker in the bathroom it's a strong sign you've been drinking my own, or one my associate's poop:

img-thing
 
Guys this is actually real, I've been flying around the country pooping in all the soda. I have also started "soda poop club," an underground organization that gathers once or twice a week to poop in soda. Additionally, in every major city in the US I have set up individual cells which can act independently of each other. Once my plan comes to fruition completely there will be more poop in your soda than you can shake a stick at!

If you see this sticker in the bathroom it's a strong sign you've been drinking my own, or one my associate's poop:

img-thing
Gimme a Diet Poopsi.
 
So, injecting some E. Coli into your bloodstream must be good right, it activates the immune system?
LOL, you could market that...

Coliform Extreme
It Activates The Immune System


Seriously though, It's obviously sensational bs as someone mentioned above. You're still going to think about it the next time you get a fountain drink..
 
I dont drink fountain drinks very often.. but stupid stuff like this pisses me off.. Of course fast food kitchens are gross. Unless there is a business where the manager actually cares about the business/product and not just the paycheck its going to be dirty as fuck..

I remember an Oprah episode where they were showing how much bacteria is in a typical household kitchen, and all the people cleaned regularly with bleach but there was still bacteria everywhere. For some reason the audience was all freaked out. If thats not a cluetrain idk what is..

So I haz new offer. kitchen kleaner delux. Oprah endorsed.
 
Dont Be A Twat. A little bacteria will put some hair on your sack, you wimp.

Tilt an icy cold Coke back for the USA!

High Fructose Corn Syrup FTFW!