Questions tagged [food-safety]
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Is it on topic to answer with science about the health effects of reusing cooking oil?
There is a question and answer from 2017 that asks for and receives food safety advice about the reuse of cooking fat. While in the context of the question, there is likely to be little health risk, ...
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For a mod other user was rude. I objected but now my post is gone. Why is my post unable to be edited without peer review?
Why is my post not listed under my questions? Why can’t I delete it?
I tried to put this in meta, but the site won't let me ask a question there. I was NOT permitted to add a comment to any post ...
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What drives many users to be overly concerned about safety?
I am surprised by the number and contents of question concerning food safety. Please do not take this as an assertion about non existence of microbic contamination or to ridiculize anything / anyone. ...
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Which stack website do I ask questions about agriculture or farming homegrown food advice
I started growing my pineapple plant crown from a dole pineapple that I bought at the grocery store 3 months ago. It is growing bigger and healthy everyday that goes by.
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Is there a stackexchange site for healthy or poisoning food questions?
I just joined Seasoned Advice, I read the tour and it states:
Don't ask about... [...] General health, diet, and nutritional topics (e.g. "Is cauliflower healthy?")
Well, bummer, I got a question ...
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Which countries are acceptable sources for food safety standards to reference?
Food safety standards of countries differ slightly: For example, some know a strict 2h rule, others a 2h/4h immediate rule. Some assume 4°C refrigeration, others 8°C. Some ingredients are considered ...
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Should we have a canonical answer on "partial cooking then reheat" type questions?
With the recent appearance of this question, it makes me wonder whether we should have a canonical question/answer somewhere on this type of question, i.e,. "I want to partially/fully cook my food in ...
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Food safety questions without acute consequences
A few months ago I happened upon this question, dealing with the safety of using hot tap water for food preparation. Since this primary goal of this site is food preparation and this is a common ...
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Isn't this dangerous?
So, I just saw an answer that has some questionable advice. It's been there for a couple months; I'm pretty surprised that no one has said anything or downvoted it (esp. given how careful people seem ...
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The Egg safety problem
In the food safety wiki question we recommend not keeping eggs at room temperature for more than 2-hours.
Eggs can sweat at room temperature and promote salmonella growth (which appears on the shell ...
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Pregnancy (and other conditions relevant to food safety) and closing questions
I'm curious about the close vote for this question.
I absolutely understand why the question is bad as it was posed: we cannot know why this particular woman made a particular request.
However, I'm ...
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Where should I ask about sodium bicarbonate as a cleaning agent?
I can't find an authoritative answer to the question @rumtscho asked me here about the concentration of sodium bicarbonate.
I've seen just about any combination you can think of:
With just enough ...
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Is it safe to eat X that has been left at Y for Z amount of time?
Perhaps it's just me, but I've been seeing more and more questions recently that fit this template: "Is it safe to eat X that has been left at Y for Z amount of time?"
I think it's a perfectly good ...
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Are questions about kitchen safety on topic?
I'll admit, this is spurred by the fact that I burned my hand yesterday while cooking. But there are common cooking situations that relate to kitchen safety -- dealing with burns and cuts, how to ...
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Are food safety questions a liability?
There's been a number of questions of the "is this safe to eat?" variety.
I admit, I replied to the one on cheese, but I'm starting to think that these may have liability issues -- if someone says it'...
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