grey mince beef - too late?

[Stewart]

You know he's gonna eat the grey mince now. Can grey meat be 100% safe?

[TeePee]

It's fine.

Remember some meat like venison is supposed to be eaten slightly 'off'.

[bledd]

i wouldn't, but i dont have a large intestine to battle with it if it is slightly off

[Nick]

If it's within the USE BY date and you've kept it chilled properly then it should be fine.

If it's been frozen (for less than three months from USE BY date) and defrosted and has come out grey then it's just got freezer burn and should be fine.

Anything else, bin it.

[directhex]

anyway, who needs beef mince when sainsburys have far tastier mutton mince for 99p?

[MadduckUK]

did you "eat the meat" then marcos?

[pollaxe]

^Maybe the lack of a reply is indicative?!?


I've eaten grey beef before (and all kinds of horrible things in my time), it shouldn't mean it's off, as another poster said, sniffing to see if it smells off is a better test...

[Marcos]

I'm gonna bin it cause i already have a cold and dont need food poisoning on top of that! but one day i'll risk grey mince!

[chicken]

Of meats to eat past it's date, beef is one of the safest, but yeah, meat-based food poisoning is not nice!

Your made of meat so meat-digesting bacteria love you!

[steve threlfall]

I'm gonna bin it cause i already have a cold and dont need food poisoning on top of that! but one day i'll risk grey mince!

Good. Its definately not worth the risk, especially over a packet of mince. Last summer i was nearly hosptialised by a pub fry up (muppets reheated the sausages or something). I was so sick i couldnt even keep water down
Food poisoning is very nasty

[Tumble]

I would have thought that if you cook it properly it'd kill any nasties in there off anyway... or am I just being dense?

[chicken]

Some things don't go however long you cook it, I think these include E-coli and BSE.

[JPreston]

E-Coli (which incidentally can kill an otherwise healthy adult, through kidney failure) is certainly killed by cooking. It gets into mince when the meat is contaminated with faecal matter at the abbatoir, and grey mince is no more likely to kill you than healthy pink mince.

I had food poisoning of some description once, which equated to nine days of vomiting and diahhorea (the first few days pretty much constantly) and 1.5 stone lost. How I laughed at the time...

[Stigggeh]

I'd say not eating grey food should be a general life rule really.

yep thats up there with 'dont eat yellow snow'

bin the meat... its not worth it

[Pulse]

Grey doesn't seem like its too bad to eat, should be fine, but I'm not to blame if you die

[Whiternoise]

If it's within the USE BY date and you've kept it chilled properly then it should be fine.

If it's been frozen (for less than three months from USE BY date) and defrosted and has come out grey then it's just got freezer burn and should be fine.

Anything else, bin it.

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