A tool to help assess food safety risks

A tool to help assess food safety risks

Often times foods like pickles, ketchup, and mustard get pushed to the back of refrigerator shelves and consumers can be unsure if they’re still safe to eat.

Questions also come up about how long lunch meat is safe after it has been opened.

Archie Magoulas with the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service says consumers can use the FoodKeeper website or app.

AUDIO: Healthy Living on FoodKeeper

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