Pouch of microwave rice - have I poisoned myself?

[BlackVanDyke]

A very very cheapo microwave pouch of rice, that went out of date about 3 months ago. Cos it was an unopened microwave pouch I ate it without a second thought but it dawned on me just as I finished my meal that it tasted a bit weird, and now an hour later it's dawning on me that I'm feeling a mite queasy... Have I done something horrible to myself? Other than eating nasty cheapo microwave rice, that is.

[V8 Disco]

Sorry to say, but Mrs V8 (was QA for a big food supply chain) says rice can harbour the bacillus cereus bacteria.... symptoms 1-3 hours after eating - relatively mild food poisoning. Get the bog roll in the freezer..

[NDA]

White rice lasts 4-5 years.... So you're fine.

What's happened is that it's gone a bit rancid with the fatty acids becoming more present. But you'll be fine.



http://www.eatbydate.com/grains/rice-shelf-life-ex...

[BlackVanDyke]

NDA said:

White rice lasts 4-5 years.... So you're fine.

What's happened is that it's gone a bit rancid with the fatty acids becoming more present. But you'll be fine.



http://www.eatbydate.com/grains/rice-shelf-life-ex...

I love eatbydate - brilliant resource - but couldn't find any reference to microwave (presumably precooked?) rice...

[BlackVanDyke]

V8 Disco said:

Sorry to say, but Mrs V8 (was QA for a big food supply chain) says rice can harbour the bacillus cereus bacteria.... symptoms 1-3 hours after eating - relatively mild food poisoning. Get the bog roll in the freezer..

Baby wipes. It's the way to go.

(and my thanks to Mrs V8 also!)

[V8 Disco]

That's the difference.. uncooked = lasts ages. precooked in a bag = bit of a risk of dodgy belly.

[V8 Disco]

She says you are most welcome - hope you feel better soon!

[NDA]

BlackVanDyke said:

I love eatbydate - brilliant resource - but couldn't find any reference to microwave (presumably precooked?) rice...

I don't really know what rice in a bag is - I assumed it was uncooked.

Even so, 3 months out you should be ok.......










Should be.

[richwig83]

Are you alive?

[BlackVanDyke]

richwig83 said:

Are you alive?

Not only am I alive, but the world has not fallen out of my arris.

[Mobile Chicane]

Yet.

However you 'should' be ok. I'm sure the pre-cooked stuff in pouches is pretty much nuked as part of the production process.

[BlackVanDyke]

Mobile Chicane said:

Yet.

However you 'should' be ok. I'm sure the pre-cooked stuff in pouches is pretty much nuked as part of the production process.

Surely I'd at the very least be feeling queasy by now if I was in trouble? Felt iffy for an hour yesterday (right after realising it tasted dodgy) but nowt today at all.

And yes - I'd kind of assumed that it'd be completely sterile, but I'm not familiar enough with the process to take it for granted, especially with the particular issues around rice.

[motco]

NDA said:

White rice lasts 4-5 years.... So you're fine.

What's happened is that it's gone a bit rancid with the fatty acids becoming more present. But you'll be fine.



http://www.eatbydate.com/grains/rice-shelf-life-ex...

Off topic a bit but that site peddles the hoary old myth about drinking vast amounts of water; now widely disagreed with by 'proper' nuitrition experts as a misinterpretation of a 1945 (I think) study of hydration from ALL sources.

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[evilmunkey]

I dont bother with sell and use by dates anymore. if it looks and smells okay , then subsequently tastes fine its all good.