Food storage is both a traditional domestic skill and is important industrially. Food is stored by almost every human society and by many animals. Storing of food has several main purposes:preparation for periods of scarcity or faminetaking advantage of short term surplus of food as at harvest timeenabling a better balanced diet throughout the yearpreparing for special events and celebrationsplanning for catastrophe or emergencyprotection against predators or others

In the wake of headline food scandals, China's cabinet on Wednesday approved in principle a draft law on food safety to address the "weak points" in food production, processing, delivery, storage and sales.

This handy guide from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Food Safety charts the length of time food should be kept in the refrigerator or freezer. These short but safe time limits will help keep refrigerated and frozen food from spoiling or becoming dangerous. After looking at the chart, I will definitely throw out some of my food.