Food Storage Reference — United States

Browse 44 food states, including raw, cooked, opened and unopened products. Each entry links to the US government cold storage chart.

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Eggs & dairy

• Raw eggs — in shell — Raw eggs in shell
• Raw egg whites and yolks — Raw egg whites and yolks
• Hard-boiled eggs — Hard-cooked eggs
• Liquid egg substitutes — unopened — Liquid egg substitutes, unopened
• Liquid egg substitutes — opened — Liquid egg substitutes, opened
• Eggnog — commercial — Commercial eggnog
• Eggnog — homemade — Homemade eggnog

Meat

• Bacon — Bacon
• Raw sausage — Raw sausage from chicken, turkey, pork, or beef
• Fully cooked sausage — Fully cooked sausage from chicken, turkey, pork, or beef
• Ground meat or ground poultry — Hamburger or ground beef, turkey, chicken, veal, pork, or lamb
• Fresh beef, pork, veal or lamb — steaks — Fresh steaks
• Fresh beef, pork, veal or lamb — chops — Fresh chops
• Fresh beef, pork, veal or lamb — roasts — Fresh roasts
• Fresh ham — uncured, raw — Fresh uncured, uncooked ham
• Fresh ham — uncured, cooked — Fresh uncured, cooked ham
• Cooked ham — whole, store wrapped — Cooked store-wrapped whole ham
• Cooked ham — sliced, half or spiral — Cooked store-wrapped sliced, half or spiral-cut ham
• Country ham — cooked — Cooked country ham

Poultry

• Chicken — whole, raw — Fresh whole chicken
• Chicken — pieces, raw — Fresh chicken pieces
• Turkey — whole, raw — Fresh whole turkey
• Turkey — pieces, raw — Fresh turkey pieces

Prepared foods

• Egg, chicken, ham, tuna & macaroni salads — Egg, chicken, ham, tuna, and macaroni salads
• Hot dogs — opened package — Opened package
• Hot dogs — unopened package — Unopened package
• Deli meat — opened or sliced — Opened package or deli sliced
• Deli meat — unopened package — Unopened package
• Egg casserole — cooked — After baking
• Pumpkin or pecan pie — After baking
• Custard or chiffon pie — After baking
• Quiche — baked, with filling — After baking
• Soup or stew — meat or vegetables — Soup or stew with meat or vegetables
• Leftovers — cooked meat or poultry — Cooked meat or poultry
• Chicken nuggets or patties — cooked — Chicken nuggets or patties
• Pizza — leftovers — Pizza

Seafood

• Fatty fish — salmon, tuna, mackerel — Fresh fatty fin fish
• Fresh crab meat — Fresh crab meat
• Fresh lobster — Fresh lobster
• Live crab or lobster — Live crab or lobster
• Live clams, mussels, oysters & scallops — Live shellfish
• Shrimp or crayfish — Shrimp or crayfish
• Shucked clams, mussels, oysters & scallops — Shucked shellfish
• Squid — Squid

The database is a US-only preview. Dates cannot establish that food is safe.