Posted by Moab Austin on March 29, 2001 at 13:01:26:
In Reply to: Leftovers ! posted by MainDish on March 28, 2001 at 19:55:09:
: Can anyone please tell me how many times can leftovers be reheated before being discarded.
The safety issue here is the total time from when the food is prepared to when it is cooled EACH TIME!
The total "Room Temp" time (danger zone) in Utah is no more than 2 hours.
Bacteria counts double every twenty minutes, so in two hours you have 6 times the amount of bacteria present!
This happens even if you have food out for one hour, then freeze it, put it out for another hour and there you have your 2 hour maximum!