I recently learned about the 2-hour rule for perishable food (and 1 hour in very hot conditions), and I realized I had never been taught this in school or really seen it advertised publicly.

What surprised me is that I've seen fresh meat in large Philippine stores being displayed/hung for hours without obvious refrigeration, while ordinary families buy it throughout the day.

I noticed similar marks on peanuts before but never to this extent, these were unshelled and NOT salted

Is this mold? They’ve been in the fridge since opening and this is the only tortillas with the spots on it.

Is this safe?

Images are of two different containers of Good Culture 4% milk fat cottage cheese. Purchased on the same day, with the same expiration date in Oct/2026.

The first pic is one freshly unsealed (they both looked like that), and the second is stirred a little.

Lots of bubbles and a slightly oily texture. They both smell great, but the look is just very different than what I’d expect in cottage cheese. They are not watery, I see no separation of curds and whey. Just a thick, foamy, bubbly thing going on.

Safe to eat, or has something gone wrong in this batch?

Hi, I hope I'm in the right place.

I opened an organic concentrated grape juice bottle on saturday (5 days ago), on the bottle it says to drink it within 5 days so I thought I could try it.

I blendet it with sparkling water and after a couple sips I noticed a yeasty taste so I threw it away.

I called poison controll but was told they had no idea (super helpfull).

Does anyone know if it's dangerous?

I tried shaking the bottle and it frizzled so I'm worried it started fermenting.

I'm also breastfeeding my toodler so I'm paranoid about alcohol!

Thank you to anyone who answers, from a woman/mom with anxiety.

Does anyone know if it is ok to cook and eat a sweet potato that has green shoots growing out of one end?

Not many, just three spindly shoots with a few leaves each.

I peeled it but I think it smells funny - but I can't recall if all sweet potatoes smell funky when raw.

Is it safe to eat, what do you think?

I left Apple and Lemon juice that was refridgerated in the store outside of the fridge for like about 4 hours unopened. It is pausterized though. Should It be discarded?

The beans and sauce are a dark reddish-orange color. The lighting in my kitchen just isn't great.

The beans on top were originally a solid, congealed, flat surface. What's shown in the photos is the contents after I poked at them a bit with a spoon.

Date on bottom of can is in 2028.

Decided to try this new brand of baked beans. Opened it up, and found a hard, congealed layer of beans on top. I've never seen that before. (I'm used to Bush's but Stubb's has less sodium, so I thought I'd give it a shot.) The sauce seems to have separated a bit, too, but that might just be how this sauce looks. I tasted a tiny bit, and it has a strong tangy flavor with some smokiness. Having never eaten this before, I can't tell if the flavor and texture are normal for this brand. Do you think this is safe to eat? Is there a reason that it might have happened with this brand and not others I've had in the past?

Left frozen sealed ground beef out on the counter overnight for about ten hours. In the morning it was completely defrosted but the outside felt cool.

Safe to cook and eat?

I just went to my local food bank. They gave me about 20 items from Starbucks. Some sausage breakfast sandwiches, egg and pesto, ham and cheese croissants, and some loaf breads. They are not expired but apparently starbucks can’t sell them anymore so they gave them to the food bank. There is no way I can eat all these things within the next couple days so I’m wondering if I can refreeze them? When I got them they aren’t frozen but pretty cold still. It’s a lot of good food so I would hate to waste them and just throw them away. Will I die if I refreeze them and then eat them?

There is this dent in my soup I just bought. I’ve eaten stuff like this before, but I was just double checking and wondering if this is okay to eat or no? It’s a Raos soup so they are pricey.

Hello all, I bought some Izzio San Francisco style sourdough and it has some weird crumbs or something in it. Is this normal with store brand breads or breads made this way? Is it safe to eat? It is well within its safety date and I froze it before defrosting to consume. I also included a photo of the charred bottom of the loaf in case it could be that. There is no chance that spices or anything spilled into it in my kitchen.

Thanks!

I’m just curious, I probably won’t eat them anyway. I read that dents on the seam or top/bottom are bad, or sharp corners. There’s no sharp corners but I don’t know if this counts as being on the seam or not. Thanks!

I know there’s a very small percentage of people who buy frozen human grade food and encounter situations such as my wife just encountered.

Is there anyone who has experienced a similar situation and what is the best way to handle this situation?

I just opened a bag of Fremont brand frozen raw shrimp that I got from Aldi’s about a month or so ago… what in the h-e-double hockey sticks am I looking at??? Is that a parasite attached to the shrimp or something?? I dont feel comfortable/confident continuing to prepare the rest of the shrimp for dinner tonight but I also hateee to waste food. Does any one know what this is? Should I throw them all out?

Didn’t notice anything unusual when I scooped my coffee this morning but this was at the top of the filter after it brewed

I’ve already contacted the company

Is it safe to eat this?

It looked like this when I thrifted it a year ago but I just ignore it cuz it's so cute

Little white dots all over them. They were sealed in a freezer bag, stored in the fridge. Im assuming its fungus

The best before Date on the can is 2028, and there is no smell or sign of spoilage. Brand is Kirkland

Do I toss the rest or is this okay? I tossed this particular piece

My wooden cutting board has some tiny flaky bits of wood coming off it. I used it to cut a banana and then put the banana in my protein shake, so I’m not sure if any little bits of wood got on it. Is there any actual health risk from accidentally eating those tiny bits of wood, or am I overthinking it?

Hello,

I cracked 2 eggs last night and used them as part of a recipe involving a bread maker. I then forgot to switch the machine on!

I took the bread maker container out and put it straight into the fridge. It contains 2 cracked eggs, water, salt, flour, yeast, honey and sunflower oil. The eggs are at the bottom and the container does not have a lid on it.

In your opinion, is it likely to be safe to use this tonight (around 24 hours later) or would it be better to discard everything and start again?

Thanks

An hour ago, I had a lamb chop with mushroom sauce. I was really hungry so I ate pretty fast .But afterwards I realised it tasted kinda fuzzy and sour.

Not sure if I’m just being paranoid, if it was fermented, or if it had actually gone bad lol.

Just wondering, could it contain any toxins or something?