Discard cooked foods in fridge after four-hour power outage, WHO warns

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised that foods that have not been refrigerated properly due to power outages should be discarded.

According to WHO, perishable and cooked foods stored in a refrigerator after four hours without power are no longer safe for consumption.

WHO in a series of posts on its X account commemorating the 2024 World Food Safety Day, themed ‘Food safety: prepare for the unexpected’.