Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 23:07     Subject: Food after power outage
I’d probably toss previously opened packs of lunch meat, and only probably. My DH would definitely still eat it without worry
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 12:28     Subject: Food after power outage
It's fine but start cooking meat.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 12:01     Subject: Food after power outage
Thanks everyone!
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 11:36     Subject: Food after power outage
It's fine.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 11:28     Subject: Food after power outage
I would think everything would be ok at 45 but I would question the meat or lunch meat but with that said I'm very very careful because of health issues but it usually gets to 45 on the defrost cycle anyway but don't know how long it stayed like that.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 10:46     Subject: Food after power outage
Anonymous wrote:Did you open the fridge or freezer? If you didn’t open the freezer and it was relatively full, everything in there is fine. If you didn’t open the fridge, much of the stuff is fine (produce, most cheeses) and the milk will tell you if it went bad. The meat is a little more questionable but if you didn’t open the fridge, the meat was still cool when you opened the fridge, you are going to have a fun day cooking with it and then refrigerating/freezing all the meals. Poach the heck out of the chicken and save it for other meals.


All of this. If you kept it shut, you're fine. Maybe cook off some meat.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 10:42     Subject: Food after power outage
Did you open the fridge or freezer? If you didn’t open the freezer and it was relatively full, everything in there is fine. If you didn’t open the fridge, much of the stuff is fine (produce, most cheeses) and the milk will tell you if it went bad. The meat is a little more questionable but if you didn’t open the fridge, the meat was still cool when you opened the fridge, you are going to have a fun day cooking with it and then refrigerating/freezing all the meals. Poach the heck out of the chicken and save it for other meals.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 10:40     Subject: Food after power outage
I really don’t think 45 degrees vs your normal 38-40 makes a difference. Your milk is still cold.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 10:38     Subject: Food after power outage
You can throw food out if you like wasting money, but it will be fine.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 10:23     Subject: Food after power outage
I would not chance it. It’s not worth food poisoning.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2025 10:19     Subject: Food after power outage
We lost power last night and it was out for around 12 hours. We just stocked the fridge and I’m loath to toss a ton of food if I don’t have to, especially with grocery prices being what they are right now. I know the official guidance is to throw many things out after 4 hours, but I’m wondering if people actually do this? The fridge was at 45 degrees when the power came back on.