Potentially hazardous food left out at room temperature for more than 4 hours, must be thrown out. The correct option is D.
<h3>What is hazardous foods?</h3>
Food safety organizations use the term "potentially hazardous food" to categorize foods that require time-temperature discipline to prevent them safe for human ingestion.
High-risk foods, also known as potentially hazardous foods, have ideal growth of bacteria conditions and are thus more likely to harbor dangerous bacteria and other illness pathogens such as viruses and parasites.
Thus, in the given case it should be thrown out, the correct option is D.
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Your question seems incomplete, the missing options are:
- A. Served immediately
- B. Re-heated to 135 degrees or above
- C. Inspected for bacteria before serving
- D. Thrown out