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20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta (www.iheart.com)

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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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[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cooked stuff is borderline if it spends 5 days in the fridge. 5 days NOT in the fridge is insanity.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How hot is your fridge?

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I know you CAN eat 5 day old stuff out of the fridge, but it’s at the point where I would be suspicious, depending on the item.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If there was nothing over five days old in my fridge, it would be empty.

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m obviously talking about leftovers/prepared food.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, and I've made most of what's in my fridge.

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago

Same, it depends on the item and how I'm able to store it. BBQ i feel pretty comfortable keeping in the fridge for up to 5 days, but most things I try to keep down to 2 days. 3 at most. Certainly anything starchy like noodles or rice, potatoes and such, no more than 2.