How long is danagerous - I failed to put a raw chicken in the fridge?

Hi Jess- I’m a microbiologist but only just saw your post. It’s obviously not the best idea to eat chicken that had been out so long. However, you did the right thing bleaching sink, but in similar circumstances I’ve put lemon juice on it and left for a while. I would have taken off bone and made into a curry or similar as then I would be sure that all parts were fully cooked.

Slight whiffy smell is due to spoilage organisms, not food poisoning ones. The ones that make you ill are actually ones like Salmonella, Campylobacter and E. coli, all of which are killed by temperatures of 60 deg for 5 minutes.

In current circumstances, people will need to be a bit more careful about food waste. Obviously meat should be put in fridge straight away, and check dates. But things one day over their use by date will still be fine and “best before” dates can be almost ignored as they are mostly tins, jars and packets of dry stuff.

I agree with everyone else. Now is not the time to be taking chances with food. Don't feed it to your pets either.

. No, I wouldn’t consider eating it, not even one moment.

Oh no, don't give it to your dog, if you have one, either!!

Why risk it? Are you starving? Do you want to be ill? Do you have a death wish? Assuming it's a no to all of those, if you really don't want to waste it - perhaps the local foxes might give it a go!

3 days? I wouldn't have risked it. Also, the advice is NOT to wash chicken, as the bacteria can be spread more when the water splashes onto it. I would have thrown it away.

If we find any fresh food in our supermarket it has to be thrown(due to the selfish lazy people who put items in their trolley then half way round decide they don't want them) and dump them anywhere.

Our policy if I rem correctly is 20 minutes, so example if you get to my checkout and you decide you don;t want that chilled item, I have to send for a runner to put it straight back.
No way would I eat it not even if it had been left out for less than half a day.

No,no, no!!!
I have had campylobacter.... it is horrendous and with the current loo roll situation could be catastrophic.
Never mess with poultry.

I am usually prepared to cook and eat many things in the food line that more cautious people would not, but I must admit that this is one step too far even for me! It would be in the food waste bin.

Please don't eat it and please don't give to the dog either the bin is the only place for it

Give it to the dog!

I definitely wouldn’t eat it. Think of the consequences...and the loo roll shortage!

Ooh egg and chips with ketchup yum yum

Your nose has told you - it is off☠️

I'm fairly relaxed too but I would definitely bin it.

Egg and chips for dinner?

I'm fairly relaxed about sell by dates etc, but I did used to work in hospital catering and I'd say definitely bin it

Or give it to the dog if you have one.

I won't even eat a cooked chicken beyond 2 days ! Out it goes.

BIN !!

I’m a great one for not wasting food, but ‘a tad whiffy’?
No, I’m with everyone else, don’t eat it.

No don't eat it, throw it away.

good grief , you did everything wrong ! Out of the fridge for THREE DAYS , WASHED IT , COOKED IT dump it for goodness sake , surely you arent that desperate

I wouldn't risk it either for all the reasons given above.

Definitely wouldn't eat it. If it had been left in a cold garage, fine, but if not, no, as it has been warm for the last few days.

I personally wouldn’t chance it. What does it smell like cooking? I once had this joint of lamb that smelt out of synch while cooking, but I wasn’t sure. When I brought the kids in from school, they all squeezed their noses and said, “ yeuch, what’s that smell?” I took it out of the oven, and back down to Sainsbury’s, where I got my money back! It’s not worth it Jess. The last thing you need now is food poisoning ?. Take care.

I wouldn’t take the risk either. The NHS doesn’t need to be dealing with food poisoning right now.

Your farming family probably had a whole load of gut bacteria for dealing with slightly off food, that we don’t have in these hygenic days.

Bread and cheese for dinner.

(No I haven’t got any of those either)?