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jaggederest 8 hours ago

> I'd be surprised if anyone ever got food poisoned with bread.

I'm about to blow your mind. It was and is one of the most common food poisoning types, especially B. Cereus and everyone's favorite religion-creator, C. purpurea / ergot.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergotism

iberator 8 hours ago | parent [-]

>Changes in agricultural practices and the introduction of disease-resistant crop varieties have largely eliminated ergotism in modern times

jaggederest 6 hours ago | parent [-]

Correct, but B. Cereus is essentially the most common food poisoning bacteria, depending on what sources you look at.