Upright freezer door was left open!
Bottom line, I didn't check to see what state of thaw anything was in just shut and locked it and walked away. I was so angry I didn't even go near the freezer. I was just reading that if food had ice crystals still it could be refroze, if not cook it now. Too late because it all refroze by now. What do I do? I'm not feeling good about tossing 15 CF of mostly meat.
What is the worst that could happen if any meat had thawed 100% and then refroze and then was eaten? Is it just taste or heath?
Any thanks for any answers. Please don't tell me any horror stories, just facts :)
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SLS Construction & Building Solutions LLC on Sep 22, 2014Generally I deal with power outages & how long items will remain at safe temps but based on what you wrote you might be ok minus maybe items located in the door itself. It really is to hard to know as you did no checking - http://blog.sls-construction.com/2012/safety-sunday-disaster-toss-or-keep-food Ice crystals has nothing to do with freeze/thaw but the temp you keep it and the length of time it was in thereHelpful Reply
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SLS Construction & Building Solutions LLC on Sep 23, 2014If the meat still had ice crystals on it then you are definitely fine as that would not be there if it defrosted & went above 40 In order to help minimize ice crystals - you may consider running the freezer a little warmer (say around zero) and using a vacu-seal systemHelpful Reply
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