left shopping in car

Fridgemonkey

There is no such thing as zero risk with any food - we just try to keep risk low to manageable levels. All food will have varying amounts of bacteria which we try to keep under control by cold storage, sealed packaging, good hygiene and effective cooking. Not many put a cold block in with their child's school lunch sandwich and very very few take home cold food from the supermarket in an insulated picnic box. I believe (evidence is difficult to come by) that most incidents are caused by poor hygiene eg. not washing hands after the toilet and before eating and preparation. So it's up to you to weigh all of these aspects against the health of your family and pets. If you think the average temperatures in your car were not much above 10°C, especially overnight, then models suggest additional bacterial growth not to be very high. I suggest you do not cook in a microwave, especially poultry, because some microwaves are prone to uneven heating giving hot and cold spots (which is why you often have a resting time in mw cooking). In mws its usually better to cook (anything) for a longer time on a lower setting. By the time you have over-cooked your meat to be sure the risk is low, you might decide to throw it away!!

andygb

SallyForth wrote: »

Can't imagine why anyone would allow that to happen. I wouldn't. You can smell off meat though.

Did you read the link, do you ever listen to the news or top chefs talking about this?
Meat is still dangerous before you can smell it.
There is an old saying here:
"You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot force it to drink".

neilpost

andygb wrote: »

Do not take a risk with anyone's health, if in doubt bin it! There is a particularly nasty bacteria called Campylobactor, which is found in chicken and fish. If you are infected with this, then it will be far worse than Gastro Entiritis and could even kill you.

Kind of the reason you have an immune system, unless you have sanitised and anti-bac'd it to death - and have got an allergy/intolerance and asthma as a result

What temperature it your fridge @ home - many are faulty.

As in car overnight and it isn't particularly warm it is likely to be OK. If you are worried, smell it and it you don't like - take it back to Tesco (or where you got it) and say it is off, and you want a refund/swap.:beer:

neilpost

nickyhutch wrote: »

If it's not ok for us, is it ok for dogs and cats? I don't give my cats anything I wouldn't eat myself. I'm talking human food, obviously!

There is a joke in there about things cats and dogs lick