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Fitness & Health

18th Jan 2017

The exact amount of time that food will last in your fridge before going off

Joe Harrington

Food going off in the fridge is something that happens in every house in the country, but this new information may help you cut down on it.

We usually look at the food and give it a quick smell before decided whether it’s still edible or not, but the Good Housekeeping Institute has released a guide to tell us exactly how long food lasts before it goes bad.

(Image via GHI)

If you don’t eat meat, here are the recommended times for veg and dairy stuff.

(Image via GHI)

It’s important to know these things because food poisoning is no joke. If you’ve never had it, think the vomiting scene in Team America. Yep, not pretty.

Safe eating, everyone.