Woke up this morning and food in fridge is hanging around 42 degrees - unsafe?

I mean 40 degrees is generally the cutoff of “corporate arse covering don’t-sue-us” food safety, but how long has the fridge been acting up? If I had a turkey in the fridge for 2 days at 34 degrees and it sat in the fridge for 6 hours at 42 degrees I wouldn’t be worried because the internal temp is probably still sitting at sub-40 and the bacteria that’s grown on the surface is negligible and will be burned off as it’s cooked.

That being said, I’m extremely liberal on food safety and ain’t skeered to eat meat that’s been sitting in the danger zone for hours as long as it’s cooked. I never get sick or get food poisoning, ever. I know some people are more sensitive than others too so I guess it’s your judgement call, I wouldn’t throw a turkey out because it’s got an external temp of 41 degrees though unless it smells bad.

That being said, I think the smell test is way more accurate than temp anyway. If something smells remotely off, it’s in the trash can no questions asked

Its a refrigerator , not a freezer . Those temps are fine .

Last time that happened to mine it was about 50 degrees by the time I opened it in the am. I just shut the door and nobody died.

Is OP still alive?

Another example of why I wonder how many people on this site can dress themselves and wipe their asses without help.