Food Gone Bad?

You should be able to tell if certain food has truly gone off for the most part, it usual smells bad, has mould growing on it or has changed colour! When this occurs its a good idea not to eat it unless you plan on having food poisoning. Sometimes though it can be difficult to tell whether food has gone off and below is a guide as to how long you should keep certain food items, knowing that they are probably still safe to eat.

Warning: This is only a guide! If food is smelling bad already or has mould growing on it then use common sense and don’t eat it! Make sure you wrap your food up well after opening it so that nothing else can get in!

Opened Raw Meat: 1-2 days in Fridge.
Opened Bacon: 1 week in the Fridge.
Butter and Margarine: 1 month.
Cheese: Hard Cheese can last 2 or 3 weeks if properly wrapped. Soft cheese a week.
Eggs: 3 Weeks.
Green Vegetables, Carrots and Parsnips: Keep in the Fridge, once opened will last around a week.
Onions and Potatoes: Keep in a dark place, they can last up to 2 weeks.
Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Courgettes, Lettuce, Peppers: Up to a week.
Supermarket Salad Packs: Up to 2 days after opening.
Tins: Keep forever near enough, but in your cupboard.
Dried Pasta, Rice, Noodles: Keep for years in your cupboard.
Bread: Keeps for around a week before going stale (can still be used for toast unless mouldy)
Fruit: Varies, soft berries for around 2 or 3 days, Apples for around 1-1.5 weeks. If it looks bad don’t eat it!
Supermarket Sandwiches: Within a day or purchase.
Milk: 4-5 days after opening. Keep in fridge.
For anything unopened, trust the use by date, for the most part you can probably go a day or so past it, however don’t do this for raw meat (unless frozen) or dairy (unless frozen).