Dave Smith wrote:

> Goomba38 wrote:
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>>People bring casseroles and dishes to potlucks all
>>the time. Transporting them directly from oven to
>>car to event. Perhaps additional heating on
>>arrival. A 20 min drive isn't terribly excessive
>>where I'd start to worry?
>
>
> That might explain why potluck dinners are one of the leading causes of food
> poisoning in the US. It has been enough of a problem that some states have
> introduced regulations to deal with churches and other groups who run those types
> of functions.
>
> I once ate something in a restaurant that likely started off as leftovers and got
> reheated. I am sure that the people in the kitchen thought that they had kept it
> properly and had reheated it properly. I got food poisoning from it. I thought i
> was going to die. Seriously. I was that sick. It would have been a blessed relief
> from the hours that I heaved my guts inside out.

I imagine that experience adds to your caution,
but realistically we don't hear about commonly
occurring bouts of food poisoning from leftovers
handled in the short period you're talking about.
Come down south and see a Sunday church supper. I
certainly don't see much of this being a problem
at the hospital where I work. Yes food poisoning
exists...but not anything like the you seem to
believe common?
Goomba