{"id":264483,"date":"2024-01-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-food-safety-during-power-outages-what-to-know\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T11:20:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T15:20:01","slug":"inocuidad-alimentaria-durante-los-cortes-de-electricidad-lo-que-debe-saber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/inocuidad-alimentaria-durante-los-cortes-de-electricidad-lo-que-debe-saber\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Safety During Power Outages: What to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SILVER SPRING, Md.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 9, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Extreme weather conditions and power outages are especially common in the winter season<i>. <\/i>Continue reading to learn more about how to keep your food safe during an emergency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg7d70left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg7d70left\" title=\"U.S. Food and Drug Administration\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/585467\/US_FDA_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Food and Drug Administration\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p><i><b>Be Prepared and Plan Ahead<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Use<\/b><b> a refrigerator and freezer thermometer<\/b>, and check it <i>regularly<\/i> to ensure that the refrigerator temperature is at or below <b>40\u00b0F<\/b> and the freezer is at or below <b>0\u00b0F<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li><b>Plan for ice.<\/b>\u00a0Know where you can get dry or block ice. Make ice cubes and freeze containers of water or gel packs to help keep food cold when there is a loss of power.<\/li>\n<li><b>Keep coolers on hand<\/b>\u00a0to store refrigerated food if the power will be out for more than 4 hours.<\/li>\n<li><b>Freeze refrigerated items<\/b> that you may not need immediately, and <b>group foods close together<\/b> in the freezer.<\/li>\n<li><b>Stock your pantry<\/b>\u00a0with a few days&#8217; worth of ready-to-eat foods (those that can be consumed without cooking), that do not require refrigeration, frozen storage, or special preparation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>If the Power Goes Out \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cold temperatures slow the growth of harmful bacteria. Keeping food at safe temperatures is key to reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses (also known as food poisoning).<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed<\/b>\u00a0as much as possible. The refrigerator will keep food cold for about 4 hours, and a full freezer will keep the temperature for approximately 48 hours (24 hours if half full) if the doors remain closed.<\/li>\n<li><b>Use ice <\/b>(dry or block ice, or\u00a0ice cubes) and frozen containers of water or gel packs\u00a0to keep your refrigerator and freezer as cold as possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>When Power is Restored<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Before eating any food after a power outage, check the temperatures inside your refrigerator and freezer.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>If the power was out for <\/b><b>4 hours or less<\/b>, refrigerated food should be safe as long as the doors were kept closed. When the power comes back on, check the temperature in the refrigerator or of the food.\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Perishable foods (such as meat, poultry, seafood, milk, eggs, or leftovers) with temperatures that are 45\u00b0F or below (measured with a food thermometer) should be safe but cook and consume them as soon as possible<b>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Discard any perishable food<\/b> that has been at temperatures above 40\u00b0F for 4 hours or more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>If the freezer thermometer reads 40\u00b0F or below<\/b>, food is safe and may be refrozen. If you did not have a thermometer in the freezer, <b>check each package<\/b> to determine its safety; you can&#8217;t rely on appearance or odor. If the food still contains ice crystals or is 40\u00b0F or below, it is safe to refreeze or cook.<\/li>\n<li>Be aware that perishable foods that are not kept adequately refrigerated or frozen may cause food poisoning if eaten, <i>even after they are thoroughly cooked<\/i>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about how\u00a0to keep your food and water safe during a power outage<i>:<\/i><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4038224-1&amp;h=4219534396&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Ffood%2Fbuy-store-serve-safe-food%2Ffood-and-water-safety-during-power-outages-and-floods&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fda.gov%2Ffood%2Fbuy-store-serve-safe-food%2Ffood-and-water-safety-during-power-outages-and-floods\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/buy-store-serve-safe-food\/food-and-water-safety-during-power-outages-and-floods<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact: <b>Media<\/b>: 1-301-796-4540\u00a0 <b>Consumers<\/b>: 1-888-SAFEFOOD (toll free)<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4038224-1&amp;h=2715597578&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F585467%2FUS_FDA_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F585467%2FUS_FDA_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/585467\/US_FDA_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  U.S. Food and Drug Administration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SILVER SPRING, Md.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Jan. 9, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Extreme weather conditions and power outages are especially common in the winter season<i>. <\/i>Continue reading to learn more about how to keep your food safe during an emergency.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg7d70left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%;text-align: left\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg7d70left&quot; title=&quot;U.S. Food and Drug Administration&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/585467\/US_FDA_Logo.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;U.S. Food and Drug Administration&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264484,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comida-y-bebida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264483"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264485,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264483\/revisions\/264485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}