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From this comment, made by ChefJoAnna: The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation has a Powerpoint slideshow (.pps file) available for download:
Potentially Hazardous Foods: Foods That Favor Rapid Microorganism Growth
- Milk and Milk Products
- Sliced Melons
- Shellfish and Crustaceans
- Garlic-and-Oil Mixture
- Poultry
- Sprouts and Raw Seeds
- Tofu
- Fish
- Meat: Beef, Pork, Lamb
- Shell Eggs
- Baked or Broiled Potatoes
- Soy-Protein Foods
- Cooked Rice, Beans or Other Heat-Treated Plant Foods
The 'Still Tasty' website is an excellent, oft-recommended resource on 'Should I Eat This' AskMe questions. (from MeFite desjardins)
Meta
- "Should I Eat This" Sites
Should I eat the...
Bread and Grains
Candy and Snacks
Condiments
- "Can pregnant women eat store bought tarter sauce and mayonnaise?"
- Frothing Salad Dressing
- Homemade Salad Dressing
- Raw Honey from a Beehive
- Spicy Stir-Fry Sauce
Dairy
- Butter (un-refrigerated)
- "I accidentally drank part of a smoothie that included wood"
- Mouldy bread and / or cheese?
- Questionable cheese (un-refrigerated)
- Questionable (Blue) Cheese
- Questionable (Cheddar) Cheese
- Questionable (Goat) Cheese
- Questionable (Ricotta) Cheese
- Questionable (Swiss) Cheese
- Questionable (Velveeta / Colby) Cheese
- What should raw milk raclette smell / taste like?
Fish & Shellfish
- Albacore Tuna
- Can of backfin crab
- Cans of crab
- Catfish
- Catfish Tikka (Question is in two parts, Catfish Tikka is #2)
- Cooked clams left out overnight
- Ceviche
- Cooked Shrimp
- Mussels Steamed in Beer
- Pasta with Vodka Sauce and Clams
- Old frozen scallops
- Salmon
- Tuna sandwich left on the counter all day
- Tuna, Quinoa and Salmon Dish
Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables
- Apple Peel
- Bell Peppers Preserved in Oil
- Black Beans
- Burger King Apple Fries Showing Discoloration
- Butternut Squash
- Fermented Applesauce
- "Fizzing" Berries
- Found a bug in my pistacios
- Garlic that Turned Blue
- Lentil Soup (discoloured by cast-iron pot)
- Muffaletta Olive Salad Mix
- Palek Paneer dish (that's spinach, paneer cheese and curry sauce)
- Pickled Beans
- Pooped-on Lettuce
- Produce Quality: Asian Grocery Store
- Pumpkin Seeds
- Strawberries (cooking with over-ripe)
- Sprouted Potatoes
- Sundried Tomatoes
- Tofu
- Tofu/Tempeh/Tofurkey
- Tomato Sauce
- Vegetables (Grown in soil containing decorative plant fertiliser capsule / pellets)
- Vegetarian Breakfast Link Sausages
- Walnuts
- Yams (milky)
- Zucchini
Insects
- Found a bug in my pistacios
- Live Wasp
- Maggots / Mealworms (in freshly picked porcini (boletus) mushrooms)
Leftovers / Broken Freezer Questions
Meat
Beef
- Beef Cubes (seared)
- Beef Sandwiches
- Can I marinate beef past the sell-by date?
- Ground Beef
- Hamburger (How do I safely make a hamburger than can be cooked to medium rare?)
- Meat (thawed, been in room temperature for about 6 hours, then refrigerated again)
- Steak, Marinated
- "Peculiarly Brown-Looking Stew Meat: Safe for My Slow-Cooker?"
Chicken / Duck / Turkey
- "Can I resume roasting my chicken after accidentally switching it off?"
- Chicken (breast: thawed, chilled, cooked into chicken parmigiana)
- Chicken (crock pot failure)
- Chicken (6-7 day old cooked)
- Chicken (inadequately frozen)
- Chicken (old, cooked)
- Chicken (past the sell-by date)
- Chicken (raw with onions)
- Chicken (parasitic, but not really)
- Chicken (thawed, refrozen)
- Chicken (year old)
- Chicken Korma
- Chicken Seviche
- Duck fat I
- Duck fat II
- Duck Prosciutto
- How important is the sell-by date on chicken?
- Sandwich (wheat bread, yellow mustard, fat free mayo, precooked breaded chicken patty and american cheese)
- Turkey
Eggs
- Deviled Eggs
- Egg Beaters
- Egg that a duck laid on my balcony
- Hardboiled Eggs I
- Hardboiled Eggs II
- Raw Eggs
- Scrambled eggs
Pork
- Dish of pork sausage, lentils and kale
- Pork Sausage
- Pulled Pork
- Raw Pancetta
- Raw, Refrozen Pork Belly
- Rotten-Egg-Smelling Pork
- Spam (canned)
Oil
Other
- Best-before date on dry goods?
- Can mold grow on food packed/preserved in oil?
- Can we eat food from a broken fridge?
- Cocoa-Butter Moisturizer
- Color Changing Vitamin
- Food cooked by someone with Mononucleosis
- "I accidentally drank part of a smoothie that included wood"
- "I punctured the freon line in a GE minifridge. Is the food safe to eat?"
- Is it dangerous to ingest a small amount of another person's blood?
- Live Wasp
Pizza
Sandwiches
- Beef Sandwiches
- Sandwich (ham salami cheese and mayo)
- Sandwich (wheat bread, yellow mustard, fat free mayo, precooked breaded chicken patty and american cheese)
- Sandwich left in a car
- Tuna sandwich left on the counter all day
Soups
Should I drink the...
Alcoholic Drinks
- Beer (from 1994)
- Homebrewed Scottish Ale
