Eli5: Why does seafood seem to spoil so quick?
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Your seafood generally comes from cold waters which means the fish have bacteria on them adapted to colder temperatures. So when you store seafood in the refrigerator the bacteria will continue to grow and spoil it. So you need to freeze it for longer storage. Beef etc. come from animals whose body temperatures are in the upper 90’s F and have bacteria more adapted to warm body temps. So when you put beef in the refrigerator the bacteria present are not adapted to that cold temp and thus grow much much more slowly (but do grow). So in sort cold blooded fish from cold waters have bacteria on them that can much more readily grow at cold temperatures.
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