Salad Dressing (Miracle Whip & Off Brands)

[Joxcee]

If Salad Dressing (Miracle Whip, etc.) is never put in the refrigerator, will it cause food poisoning when used?

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Mom was told by a woman who worked in a concession stand that the jars of salad dressing used there were never put in the refrigerator, and that as long as they were never refrigerated, they'd never cause food poisoning. She said she'd never have believed it if she hadn't seen it for herself. (The woman, not my mom.) There's never been a case of food poisoning for as long as she has worked at that concession stand. The practice began long before she ever went to work there herself.

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Could this be true? And if so, why? What difference does refrigeration make?

[Joxcee]

I thought this might fit here. It does deal with a health issue. Feel free to move it to 'Off Topics' if you feel this is the wrong place.

[Joxcee]

Refrigerating mayonnaise

[Quettalee]

Inez has always kept the Hellman's in the 'fridge. Now, we keep the vegennaise in the 'fridge. But we buy it by the gallon jar and keep two squeeze bottles (one for us and one for the girls because theirs is always empty).

I prefer both cold on a sandwich!