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    The lasagne was left out overnight at room temperature, allowing bacteria to grow. Reheating may kill the bacteria but not necessarily heat-resistant toxins produced by some bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium perfringens that can cause food poisoning. The FDA recommends not eating the lasagne as reheating does not guarantee the toxins will be destroyed. A case study described a family in Japan getting sick and a child dying from eating leftover rice containing Bacillus cereus toxins even after reheating. It is best to avoid leaving cooked foods at room temperature for over 2 hours to prevent the growth of dangerous bacteria and production of toxins.

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    The lasagne was left out overnight at room temperature, allowing bacteria to grow. Reheating may kill the bacteria but not necessarily heat-resistant toxins produced by some bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium perfringens that can cause food poisoning. The FDA recommends not eating the lasagne as reheating does not guarantee the toxins will be destroyed. A case study described a family in Japan getting sick and a child dying from eating leftover rice containing Bacillus cereus toxins even after reheating. It is best to avoid leaving cooked foods at room temperature for over 2 hours to prevent the growth of dangerous bacteria and production of toxins.

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    The lasagne was left out overnight at room temperature, allowing bacteria to grow. Reheating may kill the bacteria but not necessarily heat-resistant toxins produced by some bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium perfringens that can cause food poisoning. The FDA recommends not eating the lasagne as reheating does not guarantee the toxins will be destroyed. A case study described a family in Japan getting sick and a child dying from eating leftover rice containing Bacillus cereus toxins even after reheating. It is best to avoid leaving cooked foods at room temperature for over 2 hours to prevent the growth of dangerous bacteria and production of toxins.

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    Food Safety

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    The lasagne was left out overnight at room temperature, allowing bacteria to grow. Reheating may kill the bacteria but not necessarily heat-resistant toxins produced by some bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium perfringens that can cause food poisoning. The FDA recommends not eating the lasagne as reheating does not guarantee the toxins will be destroyed. A case study described a family in Japan getting sick and a child dying from eating leftover rice containing Bacillus cereus toxins even after reheating. It is best to avoid leaving cooked foods at room temperature for over 2 hours to prevent the growth of dangerous bacteria and production of toxins.

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    I Forgot to Refrigerate Food Will Reheating Make it Safe?

    Question: I made some lasagne and mistakenly forgot it in the oven, where it sat at room temperature overnight. I know that can cause bacteria to form, but if I reheat the lasagne thoroughly wont that make it safe? Answer: No, unfortunately thats not always the case. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, reheating your lasagne might indeed kill the bacteria that were likely produced when it sat out overnight. But your problem doesnt stop there, says the FDA. Some types of bacteria also produce heat-resistant spores or toxins that can cause food poisoning. And these spores and toxins are often not destroyed by normal cooking or reheating. Two such examples cited by the FDA: Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium perfringens. Both can be caused by leaving cooked food at room temperature for more than two hours and reheating the food is not at all guaranteed to get rid of them. Bottom line: You should not eat the lasagne. You're not certain to get sick if you do, but youll nonetheless be giving yourself a very good shot at contracting a serious foodborne illness.

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In 2008, a 26-year-old Japanese mother in the Osaka region shared a meal of leftover fried rice with her two children, ages 1 and 2. She had prepared and served the rice the day before and kept it at room temperature. All three became ill 30 minutes after eating the leftovers, and were hospitalized. Both children lost consciousness, and the youngest died seven hours after the meal. Pathologists later reported in the journal Pediatrics that the rice contained a very common spore-forming bacterium, Bacillus cereus, along with a heat-resistant toxin that the bacterium tends to make on starchy foods, and that can cause vomiting even after being heated to the boil. It may be true that most cases of food-borne illness arent that serious, and that most reported cases can be traced to foods that were contaminated during their production or processing. But it is also true that one simple mistake at home can be fatal.

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Beware of the temperature danger zone Food poisoning bacteria grow and multiply fastest in the temperature danger zone between 5*C and 60*C. It is important to keep high-risk food out of this temperature zone.

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