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[quote=Anonymous]https://www.statefoodsafety.com/Resources/Resources/a-bag-of-surprises

There are a couple minor (very minor) reasons to not be completely repulsed by a long line of people sticking their adulterated hands into a single bag of chips. For one, the human body needs bacteria. Consuming bacteria can help build up a resistance to other, more harmful bacteria. In addition to this, salty foods can prevent the growth of bacteria. Salt is used as a preservative that guards against bacteria growth in foods like ham and could sometimes do the same for a bag of chips or a bowl of peanuts.

Taking all of this into consideration, it should be concluded that it is unwise to eat a food that has passed through the hands of a large group of people without apprehension. When several people get together in the outdoors to eat in the company of one another, it’s likely that contaminated hands are in their midst. This opens the door to possible illnesses.

There are a couple of ways to combat this practice without coming across like a total control freak. For one, at your Fourth of July party there can be a designated individual wearing gloves who will disperse people’s chips from the bag for them as they come through the line. This offers a service while, perhaps, hiding the intention of keeping others’ hands out of the bag. The other way this can be avoided is to put a friendly sign up next to the bag asking everyone to pick it up and dump the chips out instead of rolling their hands all around the chips, touching every single one of them in the process (that last part can be left out).

If you don’t want to do either one of those things, you could host your party miles away from the nearest toilet or set up a hand washing station at the start of the food line. You could also not serve chips, though that could possibly be the most un-American activity at your party.[/quote]

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