Learn how these labels affect the safety of milk, meat and pantry staples, and when it’s still OK to eat them.

For all the information stuffed into product packaging and nutrition labels, it can be surprisingly hard to know how to navigate basic food safety issues that arise in the kitchen. Like: Does freezing ...

Understand the risks of eating meat after it spoils. Learn about food poisoning, signs of spoilage, and how to prevent eating potentially harmful microbes.

Not only is spoiled meat and poultry nasty (you don’t want a decaying cutlet stinking up your fridge, much less percolating in your GI tract), it also amounts to a waste of money and food, so it’s ...