Written by Enas Al-Banna, Friday, June 30, 2023 03:04 PM
Preparing meals or cooking on holidays is tiring, and leaving food outside and taking a break from the kitchen may cause food spoilage, and with the advent of Eid al-Adha and the large number of sacrifices that are followed by preparation And cook the meatYou may be lazy to put leftover meat in the fridge, which could endanger your health.
But how long, exactly? To find out, we consulted food safety experts to determine how long you should refrigerate food before it spoils.
temperature danger zone
When it comes to food safety, according to Everydayhealth, the first step is to understand the importance of the temperature danger zone. This is the temperature range (40 to 140 degrees) in which harmful bacteria are likely to grow rapidly, making food unsafe to eat.
This includes bacteria, such as Salmonella and Escherichia coli, these microorganisms can multiply in just 20 minutes in the temperature danger zone.
The two hour rule for leaving food out
Cooked food can stay in the temperature danger zone for a long time before it becomes unsafe to eat, the maximum time that it can be cooked [تقضيه] Perishable foods in the danger zone is two hours.
Within two hours, food must be consumed, stored properly, or discarded. This includes all cooked leftovers and fruit [المفرومة] Vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy products. “
On hot days, this time frame is shorter [تبريد] foods after only one hour.” This is because the warmer ambient temperature will speed up the growth of bacteria, thus increasing the risk of food poisoning.
2023-06-30 12:04:00
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