To avoid food poisoning, perishable items should not be stored in the refrigerator for more than 4-5 days.
Step-by-step explanation:
The perishable food that is cooked at home has a possibility of microbial contamination that leads to food spoilage. Keeping the food for more than 2 hours in the room temperature will cause start of food spoilage.
But refrigerating food or having it on a heated surface will avoid the growth of such microbes. Even at the refrigerator, there are possibilities of contamination due to slow growth of certain organisms at extreme condition.