"Fuel your body...Delight your senses"
Stephanie Brina-Herres, MS, RD, CDN
- Nov
7
2012Severe Storms and hurricanes have so many direct impacts on those in their path, including coping with potential power losses, flooding and more.
We’ve gone through such power losses in the past and from experience understand how frustrating their consequences can be.
Once you know you and your family are safe, and your home is safe to be in, then it may be time to address the challenge of dealing with throwing out food which has spoiled and cleaning out previously cold food storage devices where unpleasant odors can linger.
In Part 1 of 2 of this blog series, we included a synopsis of the advisements put out by the USDA/FSIS (United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety Information Service) regarding keeping food safe in emergency situations such as severe storms and hurricanes, etc.
In this Part 2 of 2 of this blog series, we’ll provide some additional explanation behind the recommendations made in those brochures and we’ll review additional suggestions from USDA/FSIS on removing obnoxious odors when food has spoiled in any refrigerator/freezer.
(Image of interior of refrigerator from USDA/FSIS pdf Food Safety: Removing Odors from Refrigerators & Freezers).
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