How long can you keep cooked steak in the refrigerator?
At the hospital kitchen where I work, they keep things like steak etc. a maximum of five days. They have a labeling system to keep track of when to throw it out. The label has a date when it was put in refrigerator, date to be used by. For instance if you thawed a steak today, you would have five days max to use it or throw it out. The hospital cooks all its meats the same day they use them for the meals which is a good idea for us too. The other thing the label has on it is the person’s initials who put it there, what it is in the container also. This applies to anything like canned goods or anything you open or mix up. Most things don’t get kept that long. Each day we are supposed to go through the refrigerator and look for expired food. The cooks in the various areas are responsible for this.
