20-Year-Old Dies From 'Fried Rice Syndrome' After Eating Leftover Pasta

2 years ago by ByteOnBikes to c/weirdnews

His story can serve as a warning to others to be careful with their leftovers. | iHeart

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The bacteria is best known for causing a type of food poisoning called "Fried Rice Syndrome," since rice is sometimes cooked and left to cool at room temperature for a few hours. During that time, the bacteria can contaminate it and grow. B. cereus is especially dangerous because it produces a toxin in rice and other starchy foods that is heat resistant and may not die when the food it infects is cooked.

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Unfortunately, that was the case for a 20-year-old student, who passed away after eating five-day-old pasta.

His story was described in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology a few years back, but has since resurfaced due to some YouTube videos and Reddit posts. According to article, every Sunday the student would make his meals for the entire week so he wouldn't need to deal with making it on the weekdays. One Sunday, he cooked up some spaghetti, then put it in Tupperware containers so that days later, he could just add some sauce to it, reheat it and enjoy it.

However, he didn't store the pasta in the fridge, rather he left it out on the counter. After five days of the food sitting out at room temperature, he heated some up and ate it. While he noticed an odd taste to the food, he figured it was just due to the new tomato sauce he added to it.

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capital 24 points 2 years ago

Im astounded at the speed that this can kill.

If I’m reading the article correctly, it was <24 hrs? God damn.

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i_am_somebody 9 points 2 years ago

Toxins generated by bacteria and some fungi are EXTREMELY poisonous. The unfortunate victim essentially ate a poisonous mushroom in the form of pasta.

I am shocked to see how many people leave food on the counter to eat later. Refrigerate it immediately! Not one hour, not twenty minutes! As soon as you’re done eating, to the fridge it goes!

Nothing ever happens to you until it happens, and we’re not talking about stomach pain, but almost instant death.

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feedum_sneedson 5 points 2 years ago

Can't be putting hot food in the fridge, it heats the fridge up.

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HaveMouseWillTravel 2 points 2 years ago

I don't think this applies to modern fridges. They are more than capable of maintaining their desired temperature when hot food is there.

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ezures 2 points 2 years ago

I would still be careful, just because the whole fridge doesn't heat up, the food next to the hot item would still warm up, increasing risk.

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i_am_somebody 1 point 2 years ago

Exactly. My mother and grandmother told me to never put hot food in a fridge as it could spoil other food. But this doesn’t happen with modern fridges.

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