Has this ever happened to anyone else?

[rachelmanija]

I noticed that a container of tzadziki yogurt dip, purchased a couple days ago from Trader Joe's and kept refrigerated and unopened, had developed a suspiciously bulging shape. I took off the lid, and indeed the plastic shrink-wrap beneath was bulging up like the whole thing was about to explode. I am a paranoid American, so I put it in the trash

Comments

[woodburner]

OMG TEH BOTULISMS????!!!

[musesfool]

I've had trouble recently with dairy products going bad before they're supposed to - last night, I bought some fresh mozzarella with a sell-by date of 8/28, but it had already gone off when I opened it up and tasted it. And last week I opened a quart of milk that I'd just bought and it was already turned, three days prior to its NYC expiry date (which is, like, five days earlier than the rest of the state).

Nothing's ever exploded, though.

[tool_of_satan]

1. None of my food has ever exploded.

2. Googling "exploding yogurt" (which I did with no little trepidation) produces this:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091228081513AAs2XT7

Assuming the answer given is correct, the yogurt spent too much time at too high a temperature at some point. If you didn't leave it out it is possible that Trader Joe's dairy case is not as cold as it should be, or something, so I would definitely mention it to them.

3. See #2.

[jinian]

Odwalla juices will totally explode, but for yogurt it seems a bit excessive.

[samhenderson]

That can't be good. I'd call TJ's.