A DOCTOR has issued a stark warning against leaving cooked rice and pasta at room temperature after a 20-year-old died from Fried Rice Syndrome.
The sickness is a type of food poisoning associated with improperly stored or reheated rice and pasta dishes, according to emergency medical doctor, Dr Joe.
The TikTok doc warned that leaving your carby dishes out of the fridge for more than two hours could be lethal.
It comes as a university student reportedly left his dinner unrefrigerated at room temperature for several days, and died a matter of hours after reheating and consuming it.
The cause of death was recorded as liver necrosis.
“This is a condition in which you can have bacterial overgrowth if pasta or rice is left at room temperature for too long,” Dr Joe said.
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“In med school, we’re taught the phrase, ‘reheat rice, be serious’, to remember which bacteria causes this condition.”
The bacteria is bacillus cereus, also known as B.Cereus.
“You should not eat pasta or rice that’s been left at room temperature, unrefrigerated for more than two hours,” Dr Joe said.
The longer the cooked rice or pasta is left out, the higher the chances of bacterial growth or toxin production.
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The NHS says that if you eat rice that contains bacillus cereus bacteria, you may be sick and experience vomiting between 30 minutes to 6 hours after, or diarrhoea 6 to 15 hours afterward consuming it.
In a lot of cases, symptoms are relatively mild and usually last about 24 hours.
“Yes, you can get food poisoning from eating reheated rice,” NHS officers affirmed.
“It's not the reheating that causes the problem, but the way the rice has been stored before it's reheated.
“Uncooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, bacteria that can cause food poisoning. The spores can survive when rice is cooked.
“If rice is left standing at room temperature, the spores can grow into bacteria.
“These bacteria will multiply and may produce toxins (poisons) that cause vomiting or diarrhoea.”
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