As per #food technologist and medical professionals, shelf life of food products should always be checked before its rightful consumption. The shelf life of food is the period within that the consumption of a particular #food item is considered safe from a health perspective. Finding shelf life for vegetables, fruits and flowers including packaged ones is very important before making any healthy recipes. Following table gives a general shelf life of various #food products available in Mumbai:
| Food Product Type | Period |
| Canned Foods | Date specified by FSSAI certified manufacturer |
| Dairy Milk | Maximum 3 days |
| Powdered Milk | As specified by manufacturer, maximum 1 year |
| Cheese | 3 to 4 weeks |
| Cream | Maximum 10 days |
| Yoghurt | Maximum 1 to 2 weeks |
| Butter | 2 weeks for unfrozen and 1 year for frozen |
| Eggs | Maximum 2 to 4 weeks |
| Ground Meat | Maximum 2 days |
| Chicken | Maximum 2 days |
| Fish | Maximum 2 days for uncooked, 3 days for cooked |
| Bacon | Maximum 5 days |
| Hot Dogs | Maximum 1 week |
| Pork (sausage) | Maximum 2 days |
| Canned Fruits | Maximum 3 days |
| Apple | 1 to 2 months |
| Bananas (Manjal Valaipalam) | Maximum 2 to 3 days |
| Berries or cranberries | 3 to 4 weeks |
| Grapes (Pachai Thiratchai) | 1 to 2 weeks |
| Lemons (Elumichai) | 2 to 4 weeks |
| Watermelons and Muskmelons | 6 to 8 days |
| Oranges | 2 to 3 weeks |
| Peaches (Peach Palam) | 2-3 days |
| Pineapple (Annachi Palam) | 3 to 5 days |
| Pears (Berikai) | 10 to 14 days |
| Plums | 2 to 3 days |
| Kiwi | 6 to 8 days |
| Canned Vegetables | Maximum 3 days |
| Asparagus | 3 to 5 days |
| Beans | 3 to 6 days |
| Beetroot | 4 to 8 days |
| Broccoli | 5 to 7 days |
| Cabbage (Muttaikose) | 4 to 8 days |
| Carrot (Carrot) | 1 to 3 days |
| Cauliflower | 10 to 14 days |
| Cucumber (Vellarikka) | 10 to 12 days |
| Celery | 3 to 4 days |
| Fennel | 6 to 7 days |
| Lettuce | 10 to 12 days |
| Mushrooms | 10 to 12 days |
| Lady Finger (Vendakkai) | 5 to 7 days |
