ColdPause
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Check one food.
Keep the unknowns visible.

Refrigerator outage guidance drawn from U.S. official sources.
Local prototype. Not Ontario-specific advice.

A timing guide cannot measure your food. A closed-door outage window and measured warm exposure are different facts. ColdPause keeps them separate.

Choices stay in this browser. No accounts or uploads.

Choose the food

Choose the exact type. Guidance for one food does not apply to the whole refrigerator.

Record the outage facts

Do you know the total time without power?

Added cooling has separate CDC instructions. This prototype cannot assess that setup.

Separate evidence from guesses

Use food measurements, not touch or an assumed refrigerator temperature. A later cold reading cannot reconstruct earlier exposure.

Normal appearance or smell does not establish safety. Never taste food to test it.

Every result depends on the facts you enter.

How this prototype handles uncertainty

Two rules, different evidence

The outage window assumes the refrigerator started cold and its doors stayed closed. FoodSafety.gov’s item chart instead addresses exposure at 40°F or higher lasting longer than two hours. Neither rule supplies missing temperatures.

At exactly two hours, the chart’s longer-than-two-hours condition is not established. At exactly four outage hours, this tool shows the limit and CDC’s cooler-and-ice guidance. Exactly 40°F appears both in CDC’s storage target and in the chart’s exposure heading; ColdPause does not turn that boundary into reassurance.

Unknown history and uncertain conditions stay unresolved. A cold reading after restoration cannot clear earlier exposure. Chart “Keep” categories describe that chart only; they do not certify a food against every hazard. Unusual spoilage signs trigger disposal guidance. If in doubt about food safety, CDC advises discarding it.

Small by design

Household refrigerator power outages only. No freezer, medication, infant-feeding, commercial-kitchen, flood or fire assessment. Choose only an exact catalog match. This prototype does not assess contamination, prior handling, expiration, or individual health circumstances.

Choices are saved locally, without personal information. Clear session removes them and the displayed result; it keeps the offline app. Offline use needs one successful visit and a browser that supports service workers. The source snapshot is dated, so check the original pages when online.