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‘Fried rice syndrome’ death is freaking out TikTok: ‘Form of natural selection’
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September 12, 2023
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0:48Now PlayingSome leftovers can be even more appetizing than freshly made — but they can also be extremely dangerous.
The case of a 20-year-old who died in 2008 after eating five-day-old pasta has recently resurfaced, going viral again as of late on YouTube, Reddit and TikTok.
“This has to be some form of natural selection,” wrote TikToker @Jpall20, in a video presenting the cautionary tale “for all the students and meal-preppers out there.”
The more than 2.8 million viewers of the clip, posted Monday on TikTok, appeared similarly appalled. “I wouldn’t even eat something a week old that had been refrigerated,” one wrote.
The initial report, published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, claimed that the student in Brussels, Belgium, would often prep a week’s worth of meals on Sunday, so he wouldn’t have to worry about it during the weekdays.
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