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chemicalguy

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• Jul 14, 2012

• #1

I had some smoked cured pork/beef sausage in the fridge and the fridge decided to quit and is no longer cold , just room temp .

is the sausage still good or not ?

thanks!

 

rexlan

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• Jul 14, 2012

• #2

If it is cured and smoked to 150+ degrees it should be OK for several days.  I mail it to folks all the time and it takes 3 days to get to them.

 

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• Jul 14, 2012

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You should be fine but I would heat it to 165*F before you eat it to guarantee it safe...JJ

 

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• Jul 17, 2012

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You will be fine. I ship Sausage to Iraq and Afghanistan and its fine when it get there.