Food and drink hygiene at the Oktoberfest

I've been listening to the radio today and there's an interesting report by Antenne Bayern regarding hygiene conditions at the Oktoberfest.
After conducting a study to determine whether the proper hygiene rules are been followed when handling beer glasses, food and cutlery the results are a bit surprising. 37% of a total of 35 tests on 8 different tents showed bacterial contamination.
Two thirds of the tested fish products sold at the Wies'n were contaminated with bacteria, 2 out of 10 beer glasses as well and the bacterial count on the cutlery available on the tables was three times higher than what is accepted.
According to what is reported by Antenne Bayern there are only 6 to 8 health inspectors to supervise the hygiene regulations throughout the duration of the festival.
Source: Antenne Bayern Wiesntest (in German)

Ewwww. So that is why we all get sick around this time of year!

Uh, bacteria are everywhere. "Sterile" only exists in a laboratory set up for that. The types of bacteria found would be far more interesting. Very few are actually dangerous. All in all, I would be more worried about the virally infected visitors.

@wahoo: yes, that and the consumption of copius amounts of beer.

Wouldn't be surprised a bit if everyone's colds and coughs at this time of year are being passed around at The Wies'n. I would be more surprised if they weren't .

The wiesn cold comes from getting trashed and walking around in just a shirt in the middle of the night after sweating your bum of for two hours dancings and going "la la la la la la la". That an them zgereister bringing foriegn germs in. I would get to worried about anything else, germs are good for us, we live to clean most of the time anyway.

No, that is woman's work.

You do not get a "cold" from just being cold, this is some kind of old wives tale from 400 years ago. Although being cold might make you more susceptible to getting a cold, these days it is very rarely the case that it has any influence at all. Your second guess is however pretty spot on, along with your last sentence too..

I get a cold if I don´t dry my hair in winter...

Ditto.

Think about this: How many people who serve you wash their hands before they serve or prepare the food for you. Some people have no habit of washing their hands after using the bathroom.

no it's the cleaning lady's or the housemaid's work.

Both of which are female. We don't give a fuck which of you does it so long as it gets done and the dinner is on the table.

Actually, I assumed the hygiene was pretty bad, so I find these figures faintly reassuring.

Another old wives tale

Men never pay attention to whether the house is clean or not. They pay attention to if the dinner is ready, if some exciting football game is on, if cold beer is in the fridge and that juicy sex is available as dessert.

noooooooooooooo. and santa claus is real yeah? and the weisn is a volksfest? ;-)) 17 years of wiesn mate. Quiet aware of how and why a wiesn cold can happen. I've done it to myself more times than was necessary... I did mean though all the medical stuff about reduced resistance. Easier to blame bacteria on a glass than the fact you snogged a stranger at the back of the auggie tent...

"what I dont need a to take a jacket it's warm in the tents..."

Methinks LIAB understands us perfectly.

Dude you evidently have never work in a restaurant I can guarantee there are things you do not want to know about your favorite one.

You are probably right about that one, Perdido.

This old chestnut again. Regretfully I had a run in with Showem on the "cold is a virus" thingie and lost. I found this link on the BBC actually (so shot myself in the foot basically)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4433496.stm




Makes sense. When you get cold it does draw the blood away from extremities.

p.s. But aside from this showem is usually wrong about everything else, and I am usually right about everything else, so keep the faith.

No we pay attention to if the dinner is what we wanted. That the lady of the house understands how long the sports game lasts and does not insist on talking mumbo jumbo unrelated rubbish in the last five minutes of the second half/forth quarter/ninth innings/last over (have I missed anything), that not only is the beer cold but served without us asking or moving for it and that the sex that follows does not involve us having to do anything or move out of the tv chair or put down our beer.

Ewwww...so we are all full of dormant infections then...?

How can I put this nicely...

Your digestive system is one rotting mass of bacteria and bugs breeding and feeding off your decaying body.

Have a nice day.

A cat bite is about 10 times more bacteria-ridden than a dog-bite. A bite from a human is even 50 times more infectuous that a cat-bite. And never cut chilis and not wash your hands before going to the toilet.

I can see where Michael Jackson is coming from now...

EDIT: Has left herself wide open there...

Amen! I can still remember the pain.

never cut chillies and then secretly pick your nose...

Cutting chillies is womans work.

never let your wife cut chillies and then let her give you a hand job...?

Never let your boyfriend eat chillies and then...well, you know...I speak from experience - quite unpleasant.

Dude, if there was the possibility of a hand job in the offing I would let her dip her hands in bleach, chillis and lemon juice. Such is the sad life of a married man.

Tell me, last time I had a hand job I'm sure they were still importing chillies by camel out of the orient.

What if you dipped your hands in bleach after chopping the chilis? I've had problems taking out my contact lenses after chili chopping. Now that's painful. Even having used gloves for the chopping -- I must've chopped through them.

Amen brother.