Food-safety tool
Leftover date calculator
Enter the date leftovers were refrigerated and select the published guidance that applies to you.
Important context
Use this result responsibly
The date assumes cooling within two hours and continuous refrigeration. Different foods and official jurisdictions can have different limits. This planner cannot rescue excessive warm exposure or override an earlier package use-by date.
Source: UK Food Standards Agency leftover guidance and FoodSafety.gov cold-storage guidance. Household guidance does not replace package directions, allergy advice or local public-health instructions.