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News Release

Last modified: Friday, October 6, 2006

Perishable food storage guide

The food items below should be stored at 40 F or cooler and then discarded after the noted duration.

• Cooked meat or poultry: 3-4 days
• Opened lunch meats: 3-5 days
• Soups and stews with vegetables or meat: 3-4 days
• Gravy and meat broth: 1-2 days
• Fish, raw: 1-2 days
• Fish, cooked: 3-4 days
• Fish, smoked: 14 days
• Shellfish, raw: 1-2 days
• Shellfish, cooked: 3-4 days
• Egg, tuna and macaroni salads: 3-5 days
• Raw egg yolks or white, out of shell: 2-4 days
• Eggnog, commercial: 3-5 days
• Juices in cartons, opened: 7-10 days
• Buttermilk: 7-14 days
• Whipping cream, whipped and sweetened: 1 day
• Pudding, open: 2 days
• Cooked fresh vegetables: 3-4 days
• Cooked pasta: 3-5 days
• Pizza 3 to 4 days
• Cooked rice: 7 days
• Stuffing: 3-4 days

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