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Is the food accidentally left in an open freezer about 8 hours safe to eat?

I got some stuff out of the freezer last night for dinner and somehow forgot to close the freezer door. I found it open this morning so I estimate it's been open about 8 hours or so. Is there a rule of thumb to use on how to determine if stuff's safe to eat or not?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    no get rid of it. The rule is four hours

  • 1 decade ago

    Was the freezer wide open or just cracked?

  • 1 decade ago

    It depends if the door was wide open or cracked. Was the food still mostly frozen? I would say if it was completely thawed out-trash it.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    was there ice of any kind left in the freezer?...as long as the food was still cold and not room temp , it should be ok...one of my freezers quit working...the food was thawed but still cold...i refroze it and had no problems when i ate it...

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