Is it safe to eat ground beef if it was left uncooked in the fridge with the door accidentally open?

Answer 1

Absolutely Not! I would never keep anything in a fridge without a seal or tight cover. You are risking the transfer of smells and odors to everything else in your fridge and the odors of the other things in the fridge into your beef. That beef will never taste the same and you are risking yourself food poison and e-coli poisoning from the raw meat contaminating other things. You should be consuming or freezing raw beef immediately after purchase.

Answer 2

Raw meat stored in the refrigerator should be stored so that no other foods can become contaminated by raw meat juices. Generally that means it should be placed on the lowest shelves or in an area reserved only for raw meat.

Answer 3

yes it can go bad if it is out for a long time

Answer 4

It depends on how long, where and in what conditions, it has been left out,

Answer 5

It wouldn't hurt you if cooked correctly.

Answer 6

Yes it is important to store it.

Answer 7

YES.