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The Dating Game: Food Dating, That Is

  • Susan
  • May 5, 2009
How long can you leave that ham in the fridge?

Storage of Fresh or Uncooked Products

Product

Storage Times After Purchase

Poultry

1 or 2 days

Beef, Veal, Pork and Lamb

3 to 5 days

Ground Meat and Ground Poultry

1 or 2 days

Fresh Variety Meats (Liver, Tongue, Brain, Kidneys, Heart, Chitterlings)

1 or 2 days

Cured Ham, Cook-Before-Eating

5 to 7 days

Sausage from Pork, Beef or Turkey, Uncooked

1 or 2 days

Eggs

3 to 5 weeks

Storage of Processed Products Sealed at Plant

Processed Product

Unopened, After Purchase

After Opening

Cooked Poultry

3 to 4 days

3 to 4 days

Cooked Sausage

3 to 4 days

3 to 4 days

Sausage, Hard/Dry, shelf-stable

6 weeks/pantry

3 weeks

Corned Beef, uncooked, in pouch with pickling juices

5 to 7 days

3 to 4 days

Vacuum-packed Dinners, Commercial Brand with USDA seal

2 weeks

3 to 4 days

Bacon

2 weeks

7 days

Hot dogs

2 weeks *

1 week

Luncheon meat

2 weeks *

3 to 5 days

Ham, fully cooked

7 days

slices, 3 days; whole, 7 days

Ham, canned, labeled “keep refrigerated”

9 months

3 to 4 days

Ham, canned, shelf stable

2 years/pantry

3 to 5 days

Canned Meat and Poultry, shelf stable

2 to 5 years/pantry

3 to 4 days

* No longer than one week after “Sell by” date

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