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Food Safety Guidelines for Refrigeration [Food Storage]

  By Trina Remedios  posted Sep 23rd 2012 at 7:30AM IN | Avg Rating
Healthy Living

How long can you store cooked and raw ingredients in a fridge? Generally, we believe that if the food is refrigerated it is safe to consume it even more than a week later, isn’t it? Well, false. Food has an expiry date even if it is refrigerated. So how safe is your food? Let’s chart out the storage time for the main products stocked in an Indian fridge. *Images courtesy: © Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images *The measures are bound to change based on temperature of your fridge. Also follow the instruction on packaged food.

  • Fresh Chicken
  • Fresh Fish
  • Fresh Eggs
  • Non – Veg Soups and Stews
  • Milk
  • Yogurt
  • Grapes, peaches, pears, plums
  • Lime, lemon, orange
  • Papayas
  • Watermelon
  • Packaged fruit juice
  • Beetroot, carrots, radishes
  • Mushrooms
  • Capsicum, cabbage, cauliflower, chilies, green beans, spinach
  • Nuts
  • Mayonnaise

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