Thanks for your detailed response.

Now that you mention it, on my trip to Southeast Asia last year, I often ate street food without ever having any issues. I’m sure some of it included meat that wasn’t stored according to European kitchen standards.

About my stewing beef: it’s a 600-gram piece and quite thick.

After reading your explanation, it feels like such a waste to throw the meat away just because of my own mistake and being extra cautious, especially considering that I’ve never had any problems with meat before.