
Fresh fish
✱ Off-odor
✱ Gray or greenish gills
✱ Sunken eyes
✱ Fingernail dent remains in flesh
✱ Mushy, not firm
Fresh meats
✱ Off-odor
✱ Slimy or sticky to touch
✱ Color changes — from normal, fresh
color to brown, grey or greenish.
Processed meats in vacuum
packages
✱ Sour flavor or odor
✱ Milky or slimy
✱ Color changes
Fruits and vegetables
✱ Mold or rotten spots
Salads
✱ Off-odor
Cereal
✱ Insects in cereal
✱ Mold
Leftover food
✱ Color changes
✱ Mold
Canned foods
✱ Off-odor
✱ Liquid spurts out when can is
opened
✱ Swollen top or bottom of can
✱ Rusty can
✱ Foamy or milky liquid
✱ Signs of leakage
Caution: Cook home-canned foods
such as vegetables, meats, fish and
poultry thoroughly before eating. But
when you notice any of the above signs,
THROW THE CANNED FOOD AWAY
properly, out of reach of people or
animals.
5
Wisconsin Nutrition Education Program Keeping Food Safe 2005
How to know when food is spoiled
Caution: You cannot always tell if
food is spoiled by how it tastes, smells
or looks. Spoiled foods may taste and
appear to be safe and wholesome.
If a food has been kept longer than
the recommended storage time, or
if you doubt it is safe to eat —
just throw it away!
People often wonder when a food is unsafe to eat. If you suspect food is spoiled,
don’t taste it. Here are some common signs of spoiled foods:
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