Software testing FAQ - No. 21

Are there any software test tools that would also help with testing if food is contaminated?

That question was sent in by M. Scaramella.

I can understand your concern, sir. One minute you're tucking into a little fishy in a little dishy. The next you are glowing brightly enough to read a software testing glossary at night without needing to turn on the light. Not a situation anyone would want.

We have featured numerous posts about software test tools in this blog, These include proprietary tools (such as in this one and this one) and freeware or open source tools (such as in Software Testing FAQ - No. 4). We have even mentioned the migration of food contact substances in this blog on migration testing. However we have never considered the use of software test tools (such as performance test tools, automated functional test tools, or test management tools) in identifying food contamination.

I know next to nothing on this subject, so I asked a fat person who ate a lot and they advocated the use of a taster first to determine if the food is fit to be consumed. You may have already been following this advice. You may now have a vacancy for a taster. If so, may I suggest Matt Willis for this role?

Matt recently won a prestigious competition by eating the anus of a kangaroo and other fare too revolting to discuss further. So no matter what you want to eat, it is unlikely that he would turn his nose up at it. And given his recent diet, he may already be using software test tools such as BugRat, Bugkilla or ANTS. I'm not saying these tools help detect contaminants. I'm not saying he's definitely using them. I'm just not saying.