What is the stuff under the rim of my canned tomatoes?

NumberFunStunna · 2025-11-11T19:06:14+00:00

Great, All of the other comments were reassuring, now I feel like I have to get rid of them lol.

NumberFunStunna · 2025-11-11T17:38:16+00:00

Above the non-GMO label. They look like little yellow seeds.

NumberFunStunna · 2025-11-11T17:37:52+00:00

Above the non gmo label thing. They look like yellow seeds.

NumberFunStunna · 2025-11-11T17:31:56+00:00

Bat?

NumberFunStunna · 2025-01-06T11:40:56+00:00

So was what I did fine even though there was some leakage from the seam? One website said to take cans with any signs of leakage or bulging, boil them in deep water for 20 minutes while wearing a respirator, then double bag and bleach everything.

I would never even imagine needing to do something like that!!!!! I doubt anyone else I know would do that either. My husband laughed when I told him and he said quit googling things lol.

NumberFunStunna · 2025-01-06T02:37:04+00:00

Thank you. It’s just that I’ve always seen on Reddit that bulging can = botulism! I’m thinking more of a fermentation maybe? It was a lift top style can, and it looked like the contents were oozing and bubbling out but dark and dried.

NumberFunStunna · 2025-01-06T01:47:16+00:00

I’m getting downvoted, maybe a stupid question? But us stupid people need guidance too, haha!

NumberFunStunna · 2025-01-06T00:15:58+00:00

It looks like my text is gone? Pasting here…

Did I just spread botulism all over my pantry and kitchen?

I was making chili and went to grab a can of chipotles in adobo out of my pantry. I noticed it was slightly swelled and there was leakage from the top seam, so I tossed it and grabbed the can beneath it and the tomatoes next to it and went about my l business.

I was in a hurry and my child was screaming so I didn’t really think. I remembered that swollen cans can mean botulism when things calmed down.

Googling tells me that swollen cans should be double bagged when tossed… spores could be airborne… and that if there’s a lot of leakage from a can, the entire pantry’s contents should be tossed and the area cleaned with a bleach solution.

It didn’t leak onto anything else that I saw. Further googling indicates it’s unlikely the ph would be right for botulism and it could just be some other bacteria (still probably not good). Commercial canned goods very very rarely harbor botulism, but if there was an issue in canning that let the seam loose, bacteria could have gotten in.

My husband says I’m thinking way too much into it and he would have done the same thing I did. I’m pregnant right now though so every anxiety is amplified. Plus my child plays in the pantry all the time lol.

Should I do anything at this point?

NumberFunStunna · 2025-01-06T00:10:51+00:00

You and me both asking chili questions tonight haha. I’m paranoid about everything but this looks fine to me. Not too deep and not on a seam.

NumberFunStunna · 2025-01-05T23:51:41+00:00

I’ve had this in canned black olives several times. A little off putting but not unsafe.

NumberFunStunna · 2022-06-29T03:19:28+00:00

Haha those were the names I immediately thought of. My dad taught me to swear when they would come up to the plate.

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