What is the temperature meat starts to go bad?

If you lost power after recent storms, you may have been debating what to do about the food in your refrigerator and freezer. It's a question of assessing the damage using standard food safety guidelines and common sense. Food starts to spoil when the temperature rises above 40 degrees. After food warms to that temperature, you have just two hours in which you can either return it to cold conditions or cook it.In the fridge, produce will survive most power failures, but dairy products should be discarded if they smell or taste sour.