During the storms last night my power went out around 11pm and not restored till 6pm today. The fridge was not open once the power went out and the food was still chilled when I opened it when the power came back on. Should I chunk the food and dairy products in there or am I safe?

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Posted by Gris Gris

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 9:01 pm to NickyT

I think its fine. I'd smell the milk to make sure.

This post was edited on 4/7/14 at 9:02 pm

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Posted by Walt OReilly

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 9:13 pm to NickyT

should be fine

give it the ole smell test

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Posted by Trout Bandit

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 9:27 pm to NickyT

You're good. The milk might expire a day or two earlier than stamped.

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Posted by Jones

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 9:28 pm to NickyT

I would maybe toss the milk.

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Posted by TheIndulger

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Posted on 4/7/14 at 11:18 pm to NickyT

If milk is bad it will smell bad

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Posted by carnuba

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Posted on 4/8/14 at 2:27 am to TheIndulger

milk out

food cook as soon as possible

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Posted by CITWTT

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Posted on 4/8/14 at 5:59 am to NickyT

You're good as it seems that the fridge/freezer doors were kept closed for the duration of the outage.

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Posted by Zach

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Posted on 4/8/14 at 10:21 am to NickyT

I once lost power for 24 hours but was careful to not open the fridge at all. I expected stuff to be ruined but when I opened it my fridge thermometer needle had not reached 'spoilage'. Everything was fine.

I really recommend a fridge thermometer. They're small and cheap.

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