leaking soy sauce bottles

Jean B. said:

I went down to get a bottle of light soy sauce and discovered that both that and another unopened
bottle of soy sauce now have leakage from around the cap.

I think it's fine. I buy the REALLY BIG bottles of soy sauce, I store them at rt, it takes me a year
or longer to go through one. The osmotic pressure of such a high salt solution (even for the lite
variety) is just too much for microbes to really live long or prosper.

-j.

Do you really need to ask about a leaky container, knowing that most containers are now packaged 'ah
la Tylenol scare'?

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I went down to get a bottle of light soy sauce and discovered that both that and another unopened
bottle of soy sauce now have leakage from around the cap. I don't know whether that implies these
things should not be eaten or not. Obviously, normally when you have a leaking can, jar, etc., you
throw that thing out. But what about soy sauce? (BTW, I frequently see such containers leaking in
the stores, and I avoid those items, since I am not sure about their safety.) Thanks.
--
Jean B.

robert said:

Do you really need to ask about a leaky container, knowing that most containers are now packaged
'ah la Tylenol scare'?

I am not worried about tampering--and can and will check for any signs of that. I am more curious
about whether the contents are even capable of spoiling.

--
Jean B.

June Oshiro said:

Jean B. said:

I went down to get a bottle of light soy sauce and discovered that both that and another
unopened bottle of soy sauce now have leakage from around the cap.

I think it's fine. I buy the REALLY BIG bottles of soy sauce, I store them at rt, it takes me a
year or longer to go through one. The osmotic pressure of such a high salt solution (even for the
lite variety) is just too much for microbes to really live long or prosper.

-j.

Thanks, June. I, too, have kept soy sauce at room temperature for a very long time, which is why I
am inclined to believe it would be okay to use this. It is just hard to retrain myself to think that
something in a leaking container can actually be consumed.
--
Jean B.

Jean B. saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us all
about it on Fri, 26 Dec 2003 19:31:50 -0500:

Quoted message said:

robert said:

Do you really need to ask about a leaky container, knowing that most containers are now packaged
'ah la Tylenol scare'?

I am not worried about tampering--and can and will check for any signs of that. I am more curious
about whether the contents are even capable of spoiling.

Nope. Full-salt soysauce is an inhospitable thing to bugs... it doesn't need refrigeration and it
doesn't go off. We keep ours in the fridge after it's open but I think that's a matter of
convenience - the bottle shelf in the cupboard is FULL!

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Jean B. saw Sally selling seashells by the seashore and told us all about it on Fri, 26 Dec 2003
19:31:50 -0500:

Quoted message said:

robert said:

Do you really need to ask about a leaky container, knowing that most containers are now
packaged 'ah la Tylenol scare'?

I am not worried about tampering--and can and will check for any signs of that. I am more curious
about whether the contents are even capable of spoiling.

Nope. Full-salt soysauce is an inhospitable thing to bugs... it doesn't need refrigeration and it
doesn't go off. We keep ours in the fridge after it's open but I think that's a matter of
convenience - the bottle shelf in the cupboard is FULL!

Yup, I've done both, and it is largely a matter of space. BTW, the bottle is leaking around the
perforations in the seal, so it hasn't been tampered with. (Haven't checked bottle number 2.) And I
see plenty of leaking bottles in the Asian supermarkets. I have not bought those, but have wondered
about whether they are safe or not. These things seem to require different rules from those used for
other products.

--
Jean B.

my opinion is - if it is a regularize bottle, pitch it..why risk it? Likely safe, but for under $2
you probably can exchange it.......

--

Laura

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Jean B. said:

I went down to get a bottle of light soy sauce and discovered that both that and another
unopened bottle of soy sauce now have leakage from around the cap.

I think it's fine. I buy the REALLY BIG bottles of soy sauce, I store them at rt, it takes me a
year or longer to go through one. The osmotic pressure of such a high salt solution (even for the
lite variety) is just too much for microbes to really live long or prosper.

-j.

The only sign of it would be..dropping dead possibly... is a cheap bottle of soy worth it to you?

--

Laura

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Quoted message said:

robert said:

Do you really need to ask about a leaky container, knowing that most containers are now packaged
'ah la Tylenol scare'?

I am not worried about tampering--and can and will check for any signs of that. I am more curious
about whether the contents are even capable of spoiling.

--
Jean B.