Does my defrosted beef joint need to be eaten within 24 hours??!


Question: Does my defrosted beef joint need to be eaten within 24 hours!?!?
My friend gave me a beef joint that has defrosted,it is vac-packed with a date of 27th Aug,do i have to cook it straight away or will it be safe till the best before date!. I don't want to give my family food poisoning!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
You can cook it mostly now and chill it to be finished cooking while reheating at a later date or freezing it!.

It will still be good since it is vacuum packed on the date specified!.

It would be best tho if it were cooked now since it was frozen then thawed!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It won't be safe for that long!. 48 hours in the fridge max!.!.!. refreeze it to use another time!. Beef joints are good!. Nothing gets a person more pumped and ready for the day like a good ole' fashion beef joint!. Good luck!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

DONT RE_FREEZE- its always recommended you dont re-freeze any product that has been frozen once and thawed!

As it is vacuum packed from the fresh foods isle it will be perfectly fine until 27th! However if it was bought frozen then it needs to be cooked within 48 hrs of defrostWww@FoodAQ@Com

if not going to cook tonight i would put in the fridge !. but i would cook tomorrow !. if you dont then i wouldnt think it would be any good anymore !. to bad you couldnt have got it while still frozen but once frozen you cant refreeze it !.!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

The OK date is if it stays frozen!. If defrosted is just like fresh meat So yes eat it soon or discard it, wshich would be a pity!. Have it for lunch this weekend, Keep it in fridge in the meantime!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

You should cook defrosted meat within 3 to 4 days after thawing!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Just to be on the safe side I would cook it now!.
Don't forget it will easily last 3 days in the fridge after you have cooked it!.
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It's safe till use-by date, if you don't think you will use it before then,re-freeze!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I'd say that it needs cooking within 48 hours and then will last for 2 or 3 days in the fridge!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

after defrosting you have a few days to prepare!. no more than a week though!. and definitely not past the date!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

cook it now it's betterWww@FoodAQ@Com

once defrosted it cant be refrozen so yeah you need to eat it soonWww@FoodAQ@Com





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