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What is the correct temperature for a refrigerator?

 

Keep refrigerators between 34 and 40 degrees F. Above 40 degrees, foods spoil rapidly. Check the temperature with a thermometer.

 

For more information about food safety and proper refrigerator temperature, see Keep your refrigerator at the right temperature for food safety.

 

 

Barbara Willenberg, Nutritional Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia

 

 

 

 


 
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