Storage of Meats Poultry and Seafood

There are different ways of cooking meats, especially steaks. Though rare styles of cooking are safe to eat, the insides of the cut of meat remain moist and a little pink or bloody. Therefore, in some cases it is not "thoroughly cooked", but most reataurants attempt to assure customer safety.

It lasted 1 day for me. I am on Clomid so I'm not sure if that is normal or not. This was the first time I have been able to track ovulation and the first time I have ever noticed the Egg White discharge. Hope that helped! I actually ran a slight fever the day before. I have not been tracking my basal body temp but my cheeks were all pink and, though I didn't feel sick, my face was hot! i also crapped up a little that night. The next morning the egg white discharge was there and and night it was already gone. =) I'm new that this so this is the only 'normal' I know. I'm sure everyone can be different. -Summer

The general rule for refreezing foods that have been thawed, is that you should only refreeze if there are still ice crystals present in it, or after it has been cooked. If you do refreeze, you should also reduce the amount of time before you use the food as well, since the partial thaw may have allowed spoilage to progress slightly.

Maggots will form only from fly eggs laid on or near the meat. It is possible that the seal on the freezer will release and allow the flies or maggots to crawl into the freezer.

It depends upon which type of food you are asking about. For instance, jerky can be left uncovered for weeks. Fake jerky (ie: meat that looks like jerky but still has juice inside of it like those dried sausage sticks) can not be left uncovered for more than a few hours. Some foods, such as dinky-twinkies - whicheven the insects won't touch - have been found to be edible still after months of having been left uncovered.

So basically, foods that are fresh tend to go bad after only a few hours. Processed foods can last up to about a day (or more in some cases), and food that has been hardened in some way (like jerky) can last weeks or even months uncovered.

Food that has been cooked falls into the first and second category depending upon what it is and how it was cooked. Most meals that are cooked at a restaurant (or even at home) can last between a few hours and about a day. Again, it depends upon what you are cooking and how it is cooked.

There is also the temperature to think about. What the food kept warm or allowed to cool. Food that is meant to be kept warm can begin to deteriorate faster if it is allowed to cool. And conversely, food that is supposed to be kept cold - if allowed to heat up - will go bad faster also (think ice cream).

Frozen foods that are allowed to heat up (or thaw out) and which are then re-frozen tend to begin going bad even if they are frozen again because they were exposed to the air outside of the freezer and thus any contaminates there were floating around in the air (or the surface the item was placed on) have gotten onto the food.

Next is - how clean is your food preparation area? If you keep it clean - HOW do you keep it clean? If you use something like Formulae-401 - that doesn't really make a sterile place for you to prepare food. There are a lot of cleaners out there that say they clean a surface but only a few of these actually sanitize the surface. Most do a great job of picking up grease, oil, butter, and other things that might be on the surface - but they don't kill the germs that linger behind. Only two things will kill germs (ammonia and chlorine) but of the two - only Chlorine disenfects and cleans. So keep a spray bottle around, clearly marked, with Chlorine in it. You can do this by just putting a cap full of bleach and then filling the bottle the rest of the way up with water. Use a clean paper towel, spray the surface you are going to work on and then just wipe up the excess moisture. Give it a minute or two to dry, and then go ahead and start preparing your meal. All of the fancy computer graphics in the world can not change the fact that only Chlorine will keep your counters clean and free of germs.

Finally, your nose. Your nose can smell when food has begun to go bad. So if nothing else - smell it. If it doesn't smell good - don't eat it. Just throw it out. Better to be safe than dead.

This depends on if it is cooked or raw. It will last longer in the refrigerator if it is cooked. If it is raw it will last about 3 to 5 days. If it is cooked about 5 to 7 days.

only leave it in the fridge for about a couple of days because of moisture in fridges

It is probably best not to eat it as bacteria builds up on the chicken which can pose a significant health risk.

The meat is spoiled when you find it no longer palatable or acceptable to eat. That generally includes a strong odor - either of ammonia, very acidic or sufurous - and a slimy and/or unusually soft feel to the meat.

If it is canned, yes.

Yes.You should keep foods out of the danger zone to prevent bacteria from forming on foods. Bacteria can form on foods in the danger zone after just an hour. The danger zone is under 145 degrees and over 45 degrees.

Beef may be refrigerated seven to fourteen days depending on the size of the piece in question. The larger the piece the longer it will keep.

How long can a raw 1 pound steak stay in refrigerator before it has to be cooked?

If it is stored in an airtight container it can last up to 5 days. It will last longer if frozen. Freezing is better.

The most obvious may be smell, but beleive it or not, that isn't always apparent. You'll know it went bad if, when you open whatever container it is stored in, you see green and white, or black and white mold on the surface.

Also, if you have a chili that is red when it is first cooked, it will usually be greyish in appearance, or a sickly brown color if the mold isn't apparent.

This food will keep for about 4 days in the refrigerator. Place the food in an air tight container for best results. It can later be transferred to the freezer for longer storage.

Yes, you can. Just try to keep air out, and you should be good. Plastic bags are actually good for this because they retain moisture extremely well.

If the meat looks or smells rancid you should throw it out. However, most fresh meats will last up to 7 days if properly and continuously refrigerated.

If opened the package is good for 5 to 7 days.

As long as it doesn't smell sour and isn't slimey it's fine.

Just make sure you check it out if it's over 7 days.

If it it unopened it's good at least until the expiration date.

If it's fresh cut from the deli, it's good for 3 to 5 days.

The trick to put it into a ziploc style bag. It prolongs the shelf life.

I would defrost the chicken breast before baking. Otherwise, the meat may not cook properly throughout the entire piece.

Pepperoni really has no color of it becoming "bad" or "rotten". You know that the pepperoni is bad when it starts growing mold or has a nasty odor. For more information I would ask the local supermarket deli employee.

It will last longer than if you leave it at room temperature. Your own taste buds will determine how long the freezer will preserve the coffee flavor. Make sure the package is tightly sealed so it doesn't pick up freezer flavors.

Reheating it to 165°F will kill vegetative bacterial cells, but it does not mean that the chicken would be safe to eat. Toxins possibly produced by the bacteria might not be destroyed.

If your car was as cold as a refrigerator, there would be no problem. Otherwise, it would depend on what temperature the eggs reached and whether or not these are raw shell eggs or cooked eggs.

If you are in any doubt about their safety, discard them.