How do maggots get into the fridge if food has been left there too long with the power off?

Question

Are the eggs already in the food? Are they sitting elsewhere in the fridge? Do they sneak in through some unsealed part of the fridge?

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Answer 1

Not to gross you out, but the eggs are already in the food. It’s really no different than a little bit of protein from regular chicken eggs. But food isn’t typically “sterile”. Like those potatoes and carrots in the fridge? They used to be in dirt. For most things, as long as you don’t eat too much, you’ll be fine and your stomach acid and intestines just take it in stride.

But this is one of the reasons you don’t want to eat raw flour. Milling it into flour doesn’t kill bacteria.