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I made tomato sauce with browned pork roast pieces in it and cooked it for around 6 hours and left overnight by mistake until the next morning. Lots of sodium and water. My apartment a/c is set at 75 degrees C. Can this be safely eaten after reheated to boiling for an hour and then refrigerated before eating for dinner that night?

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It is not possible that your A/C is set to 75°C. That's significantly hotter than the hottest outdoor temperature ever recorded on earth (54C or 129F). Yes, food held at 75 degrees centigrade is out of the danger zone. If, however, the A/C is really set to 75 degrees Fahrenheit (which is a normal room temperature), the food will not be safe, unless it is extremely acidic (compare ketchup). While salt can be a preservative (compare kimchi and salty pickles), excess water inhibits that effect.

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