Usda hard cheeses opened 3-4 weeks

Usda hard cheeses opened 3-4 weeks

Usda hard cheeses opened 3-4 weeks, The USDA recommends that you keep opened hard cheeses for no more than 3-4 weeks in the fridge. Soft cheese are kept for less than 1 week. Blue cheese probably falls somewhere between the two.cheese does go bad, and crumbled cheese will spoil faster because it has more surface area than cheese in a block.

There is another problem with blue veined cheeses - and that is since they already have surface bacteria and a pungent smell - it makes it harder to detect spoilage. Smell is never a good indicator of food safety - but none of the other methods really work for cheese either because it is often eaten in the 'danger zone' of 40 - 140 degrees.