Flesh-Eating Cattle Maggots and Sous Vide Safety

[dcarch]

Not sure where to post this:

With flesh-eating maggots effecting cattle in the news, should the practice of sous vide cooking be discussed?

 

dcarch

[gfweb]

Interesting thought!

AI says fly maggots die at 111F, so cooking red meat beyond rare should do it.

Freezing ought to do it too. IIRC the only beastie not killed by freezing is polar bear (but not pig) trichinella.

[Duvel]

Your stomach’s pH will do the rest. The flesh eating ability is handy when they infest open wounds. If it goes down your digestive tract you should be save. Not a appetizing thought, but pretty much safe nonetheless …

Edited August 16 by Duvel (log)

[AlaMoi]

if your beef has wiggling stuff , , , definitely time to up the temps . . .

[IndyRob]

Affecting.  Yes, it still matters.  AI says a lot of wrong stuff. And maggots in your food are generally not good (unless you're in Sardinia, but even then....c'mon).

Edited Sunday at 11:20 PM by IndyRob (log)