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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.
- Th4tGuyII ( @Th4tGuyII@fedia.io ) 49•11 hours ago
Honestly 5 days out on the counter was asking for trouble - that long is tempting fate even when stored properly in the fridge
- MonkderVierte ( @MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml ) English2•56 minutes ago
Huh, i always thought that pasta and rice are some of the safer things to store a week in the fridge.
- fraksken ( @fraksken@infosec.pub ) English39•13 hours ago
I just realised … The bacteria is … Seriously … Called B. Cereus?
- Damage ( @Damage@feddit.it ) English1•3 hours ago
I believe the Latin pronunciation would be something like “Chayreous”
source: 🇮🇹
- goldteeth ( @goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English37•13 hours ago
I am serious, and don’t call me bacteria.
- protist ( @protist@mander.xyz ) English19•13 hours ago
The specific name, cereus, meaning “waxy” in Latin, refers to the appearance of colonies grown on blood agar.
- x00za ( @x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English5•13 hours ago
Cereus?
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) English2•4 hours ago
Cuper Cereus.
- randombullet ( @randombullet@programming.dev ) English23•13 hours ago
5 days without putting it into the fridge? That’s asking for trouble.
I feel comfortable about 2-4 hours without a fridge, but I’ve occasionally left rice out 12 hours a few times with no issues. Same with pasta.
- Che Banana ( @The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ) English2•4 hours ago
Food needs to cool down to 4° (40f) within the 2-4hrs to be safe as a good rule.
Rice is a dish I serve the meal with, then take the extra that is hot and put into a shallow container to cool at room temp while eating dinner & then refrigerate.
- shinratdr ( @shinratdr@lemmy.ca ) English12•13 hours ago
Cooked stuff is borderline if it spends 5 days in the fridge. 5 days NOT in the fridge is insanity.