Breast milk and baby foods follow their own official guidance, which is stricter than the general food charts in several places, such as how long milk may stay out after a feeding. These pages use CDC guidance and other official sources only, quote them where the wording matters, and show the date each source was checked. Nothing here is medical advice; the pages report what the public health sources publish for storage and handling. When a source gives a best time and an acceptable time, both are shown, and a cell that no official source covers simply says Not stated.

Foods in this category

• Breast milkFreshly expressed: 4 days in the fridge, 6 months in the freezer for best quality and 4 hours on the counter. CDC NIH