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shakyjay
Feb 23, 2015Explorer II
mich800 wrote:noplace2 wrote:mich800 wrote:
40 degrees is considered the cut off where bacteria will grow more rapidly.
Uh, by whom and to what relative degree. No pun intended.
The FDA. From what I remember reading if your food gets above 40 degrees for more than a couple hours that is when the risk increases. Not that the food will instantly go bad but that is where the chance of bacteria growth increases.
Edit. I looked it back up and here a a couple links.
http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm253954.htm
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm093704.htm
Also, I was not suggesting what you do is bad. Just putting the information out there for discussion.
Here's another link that gives the danger zone. Anything more than an hour above 40 degrees can put food at risk.
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