AboutCarol Schlitt Expertise I can answer questions on home food safety, sanitation, home food preservation and commercial food safety (HACCP).
Experience I am an Extension educator, nutrition, wellness and food safety. I am a certified HACCP manager and a food safety instructor for the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Organizations International Association for Food Protection, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (Certified CFCS), National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Society for Nutrition Education.
Education/Credentials BS - University of Illinois
MS - Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Question Hi! My wife was cooking some porkchops and mushroom soup in a pan, when she forgot to grease the pan. When cooked, the grey coating of the pan was on the porkchops-perhaps teflon? Would it be safe to just scrape off the paint or teflon and eat them? Hated to waste good food. THANKS! (from another AllExpert-Cameras, space exploration, and music)
Answer Hi Kenneth,
Peeling teflon? If that is the case you should definately not eat the food. It is recommended that if the teflon coating on pans becomes scratched you should stop using the pan as the chemical bond has been broken and can leach into the food.
So....if it is truly teflon then my answer is no.
Sorry....
Carol C. Schlitt
Extension Educator, Nutrition and Wellness
University of Illinois Extension
