Let's start at the beginning: when you see gray don't throw it away right away.
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This Is How You Know If Ground Beef Is Spoiled
Hannah Klinger is a writer editor and content manager at Savory Magazine. She’s passionate about helping home cooks grow their confidence in the kitchen with hacks how-tos and guides to inspire them to try something new. She’s contributed to America’s Test Kitchen Cooking Light Food & Wine EatingWell and more.
If you’ve ever stared at that package of raw ground beef in your fridge and wondered if you’ve left it out too long you’re not alone. Meat whether it’s chicken beef or pork is something you don’t want to eat when it’s gone bad: Even if it’s cooked there’s a chance it could cause food poisoning. You also don’t want to misread the signs and throw out perfectly fresh meat wasting money and ruining your dinner plans. So how do you know if ground beef has gone bad or is safe to eat? And what does that gray color even mean? Read on to get all your ground beef questions answered once and for all.
First things first: if you see gray don’t throw it away right away. Beef gets its red color from exposure to air. This means that the outside of the ground beef may be red while the center (the part that hasn’t been exposed to air) is still gray. This beef is fresh and perfectly safe to eat. When the entire package of beef is gray inside and out it’s time to look for other indicators of spoilage.
