Back to the OP...if the bacon has been "well cooked" the buggies have been killed. It's up to the backpacker then, to keep new buggies from contaminating the food...as with any food. Well cooked bacon; kept sealed/wrapped, out of the sun, and free of cross contamination, will take a looonnngggg time to spoil.

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