The answer to this question is completely subjective. In my opinion, if the meat looks slimy and smells bad, throw it out. However, if it's only a bit rancid, you could cook it thoroughly on a really high heat and then hide the flavor with curry or chili. This will kill off most of the bacteria and your stomach acid will do the rest. This is how they prepare meat in the tropics. You should take into consideration that the meat you buy in supermarkets is at least several weeks old. It will have been hung after slaughter (a bit of decomposition enhances the flavor), probably frozen and then defrosted before sold as fresh. Refrigeration slows down the decomposition so depending on how old the meat was when you bought it you could be looking at anything from 3 to 30 days. Use your nose. If it smells rotten, it is. Remember you can safely ignore the sell-by date as supermarkets can take the meat off the shelf and repackage it up to 3 times before you buy it. My advice is to buy from a local butcher. Avoid supermarkets. Ask the butcher where they get their meat. If they buy from a wholesaler, go to a decent local butcher.
Because hamburger is not taken from on source of the cow, it isn't very trust worth on freshness, so if it has been left out and reached room temperature for longer then an hour then I would generally saw that the sanity of the meat has become untrustworthy.
According to government agencies, meat (cooked or raw) shouldn't be left at room temperature for more than two hours. However, if the meat is still cold, that adds time, because two hours only count the time that the meat itself is at room temperature.
Unopened, about five days; opened, one or two.
Meat needs to be out of the danger zone - less than 40° or more than 140°. If it is in the danger zone between 40 and 140° for more than 2 hours it is not safe.
Food should never stay at room temperature for more than 2 hours after they are cooked, whether it's meat, chicken, casseroles, etc.
it depends on the room temperature
6hours
aslong as they canbe fussed to.
Cooked pasta should not be left out at room temperature for more than 2 to 3 hours. Any food that is left out at room temperature after cooking can be dangerous at any time past the 4 hour mark.
Since hard-cooked eggs are a potentially hazardous food, the maximum time they should be kept at room temperature is 2 hours.
3 days
How long it will last will depend upon how good it was when frozen and how it was thawed. If it was thawed at room temperature, it should be cooked immediately. If it wasn't fresh when frozen, it should be cooked immediately. If it was very fresh when frozen and was thawed in the fridge, then you should have at least a couple days to cook it.
It is 3 days not 3 years okasy bye from daniel radclif
Cooked fish should be good for 3 to 4 days refrigerated.
Yes, as long as it is fresh and fully cooked.
Not home-cooked ones. Some commercially-produced hard cooked eggs can keep that long, but I wouldn't call them 'fresh'. See Related Links.
1,000,000,000,000,000,.1 days
After an hour or so at room temperature, meat should be cooked.
Potentially hazardous food, such as cooked hamburger, should be left at room temperature for no more than 2 hours or one hour if the ambient temperature is very warm. At that point, the food should be refrigerated or reheated.