A doctor has issued a warning about the one type of salad he steers clear of at picnics for health reasons.

Dr Lindsey, from the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio, took to social media (@academymedcle) to divulge the risks associated with potato salad – and his video that has since gone viral, amassing over 453,000 views.

In a cautionary message on TikTok, Dr Lindsey declared: “I don’t eat potato salad anymore because all the med school tests about food borne illnesses is…