Moldy food, smelly meat, damaged or swollen cans are not safe to use. If you are not sure, get rid of it. Good Food Needs Good Storage Keep all foods off the floor. Rotate the stock by storing foods so you can use older foods first. Cover, label and date dry foods.
Store foods away from cleaners and poisons.
Be careful about storing foods in galvanized cans or other containers with metal coatings. If plastic bags are used, they must be approved for food use. Take special care of foods that go into the refrigerator or freezer. Store food in clean, safe containers with labels and dates. Put raw meat on the lowest shelf and unwashed food below clean cooked food.