We go to the grocery store and come home with bags filled with a large number of our favorite foods and then we proceed to give away this delicious selection of fresh foods, fish, meat, poultry, vegetables, eggs, dairy products and fruit. But have you ever wonder how long we can keep food in the refrigerator and keep our food at the desired freshness to maintain a healthy diet? Much depends on how fresh food was when we bought it, expiration dates, there is a reason, so pay close attention to them. And always keep the temperature in the refrigerator between 34 and 40 degrees F will keep food fresher for much longer.
The following food storage from the Office of Environmental Health, hopefully they are useful and allow you to enjoy a healthier diet and also save money by avoiding food waste:
Meat
Raw minced meat: 1-2 days.
Steaks: 2-5 days.
Chops: 2-5 days.
Fresh pork: 3 days.
Raw roasts: 1-2 days.
Smoked ham: 1 week.
Stew meat: 1-2 days.
Raw liver, raw heart, raw kidneys and other types of meat: 1-2 days.
Boiled, fried or roasted meat and gravy made with meat stock: 2-3 days.
Frozen packaged meat: 2-3 days.
Injunction, opened: 3-5 days. Unopened, 4-7 days.
Pies cooked casseroles, stews with meat, salads: 2-3 days.
Sliced bacon, unopened: 2 weeks. Opened: 5-7 days.
Fish and shellfish
Frozen fish: use immediately.
Cooked fish: 3-4 days.
Fresh fish: 1-2 days.
Smoked salmon, etc: 1-2 days.
Lox: 3 days.
Kippered cod, smoked whiting: 6-7 days.
Fish, salads and sandwich fillings: 1 day.
Bisque, broth, chowder, stews: 1-2 days.
Shrimp, fresh (uncooked): 1 day.
Crab in Shell: 2 days.
Scallops: 1 day.
Lobster tails with shell 2 days.
Mussels in the shell: 2 days. Shelled: 1 day.
Oysters: 1 day.
Dried or pickled fish: 1 week.
Poultry
Poultry, frozen: 2 days after thawing.
Fresh whole poultry: 1-2 days.
Fresh poultry meat, cut into pieces: 1-2 days.
Cooked poultry: 2-3 days.
Duck: 2 days.
Poultry filling: 1 day.
Poultry Salads: 1 day.
Poultry pies, stews, creamed dishes, and gravi made with poultry stock: 1 day.
Dairy
Milk, homogenized milk or skimmed milk: 1 week.
Pasteurized fresh whole or skimmed milk, sweet cream, flavored milk drink: 10-14 days from sell by date on carton.
Sour cream, buttermilk, cultured pearls milk: 2 weeks.
& Sweetened condensed milk (opened): 1 week.
Condensed milk (opened): 1 week.
Whipped topping, aerosol: 3 months. Prepared by the mix: 3 days. Frozen: 2 weeks (once thawed).
Yogurt: 7-10 days.
Soft custard, puddings, milk, cream and custard fillings for cakes and pies: 5-6 days.
Natural hard cheese, hard cheese, processed cheese (cheddar, swiss, parmesan, bleu, etc.): 1 month. Mold on the outside of a cheese block can be cut.
Soft cheese (cream, cottage, Limburger, Camembert): 1 week.
Cheese spread: 1 month.
Fruit
Grapes: 3-5 days.
Peaches, apricots, pears, avocados, nectarines, plums: 3-5 days.
Melons: 1 week.
Apples: 1 month.
Citrus: 2 weeks.
Berries, cherries: 1-2 days.
Cranberries: 1 week.
Pineapple, whole: 1 week. Cut: 2-3 days.
Vegetables
Cabbage, carrots, radishes, celery, parsnips, beets: 1-2 weeks.
Head of lettuce (unwashed): 5-7 days. Washed: 3-5 days.
Bib lettuce: 1-2 days.
Mustard greens, spinach, kale, sugar beet, turnip, chard, Collard: 3-5 days.
Asparagus: 1-2 days.
Peppers, cucumbers: 1 week.
Tomatoes: 1-2 days.
Cauliflower, eggplants, snap beans: 1 week.
Corn, in husk: 1-2 days.
Mushrooms: 1-2 days.
Beans, lima
Rhubarb: 3-5 days.
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