Salads without dressing can be stored in the refrigerator for 18 hours, and adding any dressing reduces this time to 12 hours because it can encourage the proliferation of pathogenic bacteria. Victoria Pogosyan, a gastroenterologist at the Central Epidemiological Research Institute of the Molecular Diagnostic Center CMD Lefortovo Federal Budgetary Institution Rospotrebnadzor, told socialbites.ca.
“Almost all current salads should not be stored for more than 18 hours without dressing at a temperature of +2 to +6 degrees. According to Rospotrebnadzor, salads that we season with mayonnaise, oil, soy sauce and other additives are kept for no more than 12 hours. Timing is almost the same for all ingredients and sauces. This is because we mix products with different chemical properties, different heat treatment mechanisms and different microbial composition; This can often increase the proliferation of dangerous bacteria in them,” Poghosyan explained.
As a result of eating spoiled food, you may get poisoning or serious intestinal infection, which will need to be treated in an infectious diseases hospital. For this reason, Poghosyan emphasized that you should pay attention to the expiration date of the products and not take risks if there is any doubt about their freshness.
“You should not self-medicate and try to research your symptoms on the internet. If you have any complaints, be sure to consult a specialist. “If you have been diagnosed with anything, you should definitely follow your doctor’s advice and use the prescribed medications,” he said.
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