Food for thought after the power goes out
Photo credit: iStock | A study has found that 40 percent of adults 60 and older did not discard perishable items in the refrigerator or frozen foods that thawed after an outage of 24 hours or longer.
As hurricane season gives way to winter-storm season, it's a good idea to be prepared in case the electricity goes out. But a new study concluded that many older adults are in the dark about food safety after an extended outage.
The study, published in the current issue of Educational Gerontology, found that 40 percent of adults 60 and older did not discard perishable items in the refrigerator...
