CDC, Can I Eat This?
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel | Free | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
Key Features
- Authoritative recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Access recommendations offline (no data connection needed)
- Easy to use and fun
Reviews
Disagree
PhelineCat
I disagree with the algorithm. If in Sweden, a seafaring nation, don't eat raw fish? If in Japan, renowned for sashimi (sushi means rice), don't eat raw fish!? Travelers to Thailand, Israel, Egypt, Chicago, Denver fare happily on street stands/food trucks but have been ill from Thai high teas, Egyptian "fine dining" (boring), delighted with (and bored by) high end dining in the aforementioned places and others. One restaurant had dry rot or something with funky smells; sublime food from the kitchen. It closed for a hospital to be built in it's place but the algorithm? What would it say?
Completely pointless
analog2000
This app is stupid and probably racist. You can pick different countries, but there are only 2 sets of recommendations. One for places like Canada and the EU one for everyplace else. They are not really tailored to each place. And it is all a variation of “consuming undercooked meats can be.....”. The same phrases u have heard over and over. Can’t believe my government paid to create this!
Helpful for travelers
Fix This App !!!
This app was helpful for a student with health issues who traveled to Mexico. Her doctors’ recommendations were consistent with those in this app. This was very useful for her to use to help her stay safe and healthy in an unfamiliar environment. Thank you for creating this app!
Easily Replaced By a Cheap Flow Chart
LukeFabis
This app is blisteringly stupid. The only relevance location has is that ostensibly "developed" countries don't include a few questions, such as whether an item is sold by a street vendor. The final advice blurbs are otherwise generic and simplistic, along the lines of "Make sure your meat is cooked to an appropriate temperature." There is zero advice for any specific culture or individual food items. Look up Indonesia — no advice against eating tempeh bongkrek. Look up Japan — nothing that says kusaya is a-okay despite the smell. There's also a lack of care that borders on racist. The stock photos appear to be randomly assigned and do not represent local cuisines *at all* (Seriously, a bowl of ramen for Bahrain? No shot of machboos?), and some US territories are treated as third world countries (like American Samoa). I seriously have to question why this app exists at all. It's useless, and offers nothing that you can't get from a cheap infographic. What a waste of tax dollars.
Can I?
craigmoliver
Can I? Will I? Well, I won't without consulting this app...that's for sure. The experts working in the world's premier public health organization know...
Handy App
LPReviews
Generally a good app. Found it most useful when searching produce in various countries.
Actually, pretty helpful
skot644
For the countries I visit it offered some helpful guidelines. Once I learned some basics, I didn't need to refer to the app. Don't think that the app will offer up the same options for every country though because it doesn't! Most of the obvious things like meat will be the same, but other foods and drink will vary. Nice variety of pics!
Lame and american
harnz
One of the lamest apps I've ever downloaded. There's a pull down chart for each country but the warnings are not country specific, but rather very generic advice, like "don't eat street food (in thailand) and "dont eat pasteurized cheese (in switzerland) and "don't drink tap water (in croatia). This app should be legally shut down for its misleading, xenophobic advice. It has zero credibility. Shame on you CDC.
Country appears to be irrelevant.
flatboat52
This is incredibly simplistic. The country selection seems to be irrelevant to the advice which basically says don't eat undercooked or any food that could go off or drink anything that could have a germ. I need this to open my refrigerator and drink water from my tap when there is a leak. No listing of what is cooked vs raw on local menus.
