Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just avoid mayonnaise dishes? What else?

My husband is still under chemotherapy and can not risk getting sick or he ends up in the hospital again. Any advise is appreciated.

Mayonnaise has such a bad reputation. Store bought mayonnaise is perfectly safe and doesn't even have to be refrigerated after its opened. Its the food that mayo is added to that you have to worry about (if the potato salad makes you sick, its the potato that is the culprit and not the mayonnaise.)

This is true. Long story short, I'm an SO9001 auditor and have audited many factories. I went to a factory that produces mayonnaise and you could keep it open for a year on a shelf and it would be fine. Major changes happened to production when people started getting sick. Mayo is one of those frankenfoods.

Anonymous wrote:I have never gotten food poisoning from potlucks and I’ve gone to many. Sure skip the mayo stuff. Check is the chicken is cooked all the way and that about it.

With chemo imthebissuebis his immune system is being destroyed. Food poisoning IMO isthebleadt of his concerns. It is eating food that is open with everyone coughing on and touching. I wouldn't even eat at a restaurant let alone a potluck.

Wow, so much paranoia here! OP, is your husband concerned or are you? I would let him do what he damn well pleases.