An earlier question in The Last Word gave warnings about eating leftover rice. I have seen this advice before, saying it is not safe to keep cooked rice for more than a short time, even in the fridge. Yet supermarkets sell a lot of chilled meals that include rice and these can have 鈥渦se by鈥� dates up to a week away. What is different about the cooked rice in these meals?
Deborah Moore, Bath, Somerset, UK
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