20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta
20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta
His story can serve as a warning to others to be careful with their leftovers. | iHeart
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The bacteria is best known for causing a type of food poisoning called "Fried Rice Syndrome," since rice is sometimes cooked and left to cool at room temperature for a few hours. During that time, the bacteria can contaminate it and grow. B. cereus is especially dangerous because it produces a toxin in rice and other starchy foods that is heat resistant and may not die when the food it infects is cooked.
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Unfortunately, that was the case for a 20-year-old student, who passed away after eating five-day-old pasta.
His story was described in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology a few years back, but has since resurfaced due to some YouTube videos and Reddit posts. According to article, every Sunday the student would make his meals for the entire week so he wouldn't need to deal with making it on the weekdays. One Sunday, he cooked up some spaghetti, then put it in Tupperware containers so that days later, he could just add some sauce to it, reheat it and enjoy it.
However, he didn't store the pasta in the fridge, rather he left it out on the counter. After five days of the food sitting out at room temperature, he heated some up and ate it. While he noticed an odd taste to the food, he figured it was just due to the new tomato sauce he added to it.
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Yeah, and I've made most of what's in my fridge.
Ok well literally everything tells you not to do that. Do what you want, but general rule is 3-4 days for most meat things, and you should be careful at 5.
I think my pickled onions are gonna be just fine.
most meat things
I'd be more concerned about old rice. Properly cooked meat can last weeks.
That's the first meat was brought up. You were still making the same assertion.
I am not the original person you were replying to, so no, I did not make any assertion. I simply pointed out what you clearly missed from their comment. Why are you being argumentative for no reason?
The only weeks old prepared meat that I'd eat is jerky, which is preserved (like your pickled foods).