be stored in the refrigerator up to 2 days. I purchased a stuffed pork roast last Saturday with the intent on cooking it soon. It is thursday and it is still in my fridge. There is no best before date on it only the date it was packaged, which was the day before I bought it. Is it still safe to cook? Thanks Darlene For optimum quality and freshness, pork roasts should be cooked within 3 - 4 days of packaging, or immediately frozen. I made vegetable beef soup in a stainless steel pan. The soup is a tomatoe base soup. Is it ok to store the soup in the refrigerator in the stainless steel pan? Manufacturers caution against allowing acidic foods such as tomato based vegetables soup to remain in a stainless steel pot for long periods. Although there are no known health hazards such as bacterial contamination or leaching of the metal, undissolved salt will pit the steel surfaces making it more difficult to safely clean the pot. My clam chowder expiration date is Nov 07. It is Dec 07. is it still okay to eat? November 07 is the date the manufacturer guarantees freshness and quality.  You should not eat the soup one month past this date. if I cook chicken breasts, slice them thinly and freeze, can I then put them in a sandwich (frozen) and eat them at lunch when they have thawed without reheating? This would be fine.  Be sure to work clean (washing