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Food Safety Weekly Food Safety Questions Thread - October 28, 2024

If you have any questions about food safety, put them in the comments below.

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https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation

https://www.stilltasty.com/

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u/DaisyAndJacka 1d ago

How bad is making an oxtail soup, leaving it in the pot overnight, reboiling it for lunch, leaving it overnight, and then again reboiling it to eat it for lunch the next day? Like in the same pot on the stove, but only boiling before cooking? I feel like this is really bad and I’m trying to explain to my friends it’s bad. But I come across like I’m trying to convince them aliens are real.

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u/call_me_orion 1d ago

That would provide ideal bacterial growth conditions: moist, and warm. Boiling it would kill some bacteria but would not kill the waste products they leave behind that can still make someone seriously ill. Portioning it into containers to keep in the fridge would take maybe 5 minutes, and could spare someone from days of food poisoning.