From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!zehntel!sytek!menlo70!hao!seismo!rocheste!gary Newsgroups: net.cooks Title: Re: chemicals on salad bars? Article-I.D.: rocheste.982 Posted: Thu Mar 17 11:55:30 1983 Received: Thu Mar 24 07:37:37 1983 References: tekid.1019 Is true: they do use chemicals on things to keep them fresher; there was a 60 minutes segment on it recently. A small fraction of the population is affected by these chemicals, and can be put into a coma by eating them. A woman on the show said she can't even be sure if she asks first: one restaurant assured her that they didn't use them and they ended up in the emergency room in a coma, and almost died. She ends up cooking her own food and bread (I think the chemicals were sulfides). gary cottrell