date is it safe to eat vegetarian hotdogs/hamburgers? Vegetarian hot dogs and hamburgers should be consumed before their expiry date; date where the manufacturer guarantees that his products are at the highest quality. Would it be harmful to cook and eat Chinese Egg Rolls that have been in the refrigerator a week? It could be harmful to cook and eat egg rolls that have been refrigerated longer than three days.  Check ti see if the packaging had a best before date on it and the ways they should be preserved. I would like to know what type of eggs is safe for Salmonella to prepare a homemade mayonnaise and a tiramisu cake that do not require cooking?  Thank you! All raw eggs should be cooked to make sure that all bacteria including the pathogens are eliminated.  However, it is safe to use pasteurized eggs in recipes like mayonnaise or tiramisu which do not require cooking. I have cooked mincemeat which I heated the next morning for the childrens lunchboxes. The children will be eating it 5 hours later - is it better to let them have the cold meat rather than warmed up meat for lunch as it will not be eater immediately? Warm meat would not be safe as at that temperature harmful bacteria may develop after two hours. So unless you put the hot meat in a warmed thermos container in a very well insulated bag which will keep it hot until eaten, it would be better to