Check how Leftover Rice and pasta turns into Fried Rice syndrome, If that is cooked and keep a side for extended period in an inappropriate storage condition, the poisoning cause by the bacteria called Bacillus cereus. In this blog Check how Leftover Rice and pasta turns into Fried Rice syndrome?
This is also called as fried rice syndrome because this type of incident happens with the rice which is used for fried rice dishes, the rice is firstly cook and kept side as pre-preparation if it keep for extended period there is higher chance of developing toxin in it by bacillus cereus. There are two types of toxins produce by the bacteria which are heat and acid labile enterotoxin and heat resistant emetic toxin.
On which food bacillus cereus can grow-
It can grow on the food which is high is starch and not kept in proper storage condition after cook as well
How bacillus cereus effect on body and what are syndrome of fried rice poisoning-
Bacillus cereus produces harmful toxins on the food it grows and cause food poisoning to the person who eats it, the diarrhea and vomiting are common syndromes of it .Some patient can experience heavy abdominal cramp , fatigue, and fever .
What prevention need to be taken to avoid fried rice syndrome-
- The cook rice must be store below 4 degree Celsius if it is not to be used immediately
- Check good hygiene practice of the restaurant if you are going to eat fried rice
- Frequent hand washing also prevents from it
- Frozen food should be kept frozen until it is used
- Various techniques of cooking i.e. steaming food under pressure, frying, roasting can destroy the vegetative cells and spores
Fried rice syndrome – Man, 20, died after eating reheated pasta
As per reports, the man named as AJ lived in Belgium had eaten reheated pasta which is kept at room temperature from last five days in his kitchen
After 15 years of his death the reason known to the world as TikTok and reddit user shared the condition of his death called fried rice syndrome death. In united states nearly 60,000 cases of bacillus cereus outbreak reported every year