Seafood

• Herring, glass packed, in wine sauce4 months sealed in the fridge
• Caviar, fresh, in jar2 days in the fridge once openedup to 4 weeks sealed in the fridge
• Fresh clams, mussels, oysters5 days sealed in the fridge
• Fish3 days in the fridgeraw but headed and gutted
• Cooked fish, all3 days in the fridge
• Shucked clams, mussels, and oysters3 days sealed in the fridge
• Cooked shellfish, all3 days in the fridge
• Crab legs, king, dungeness, snow2 days sealed in the fridge
• Shrimp, crayfish1 day sealed in the fridge
• Fatty fish, bluefish, catfish, mackerel, mullet, salmon, tuna, etc.1 day sealed in the fridge
• Crab meat1 day in the fridgefresh
• Lean fish1 day sealed in the fridgecod, flounder, haddock, halibut, sole, etc.
• Fresh whole lobster1 day sealed in the fridgelive

How this list is ordered

13 foods in this category have a page here, ranked by the figure each row prints: how long it keeps outside the freezer. Herring, glass packed, in wine sauce leads at 4 months sealed in the fridge and 5 foods share the bottom at 1 day sealed in the fridge, a spread of 120 times across one shelf.

KeepsUntil is an independent reference built on public USDA data. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the U.S. Department of Agriculture or the Food and Drug Administration. Whether a given window is a safety limit or a quality window is stated on the page that prints it.