Sean Bernath
Publisher and responsible editor, StillGood?
I run StillGood?. I own the domain, I decide what gets published, I answer the mail, and I am the person accountable when something here is wrong. That is the honest description of my role, and it is narrower than "author" in the usual sense.
How this site is actually made
The pages here are drafted with AI assistance. The explanatory writing, the guides, and the initial compilation of storage durations from federal guidance were produced using large language models working from public USDA, FDA, FoodSafety.gov, and CDC documents. I am not going to put a byline on that and let you assume I typed it.
What I do is decide what this site claims, keep it pointed at primary federal sources rather than at other websites, and fix it when it is wrong. Every duration links the specific government document it came from, which means you are never asked to trust the drafting process — you can open the source and check the number yourself. That is the design, and the disclosure is part of it rather than a footnote to it.
The full process, including what our review dates do and do not mean, is written up in the editorial policy. For how we pick a number when federal charts disagree, see when charts disagree.
What I am not
Not a food scientist, dietitian, doctor, or certified food-safety professional. Nothing here is an original safety finding, and none of it is medical advice. If you are ill, call a healthcare provider rather than reading a website.
Independence
StillGood? has no paid placements in food entries, no sponsored storage windows, and no brand or retailer editorial input. Display advertising may fund the site; advertisers do not choose which durations we publish and do not see copy in advance. If that ever changed, this page would say so.
What “last reviewed” means
Every food page and guide shows a last-reviewed date. That date is when the page was last compiled or edited against the federal sources cited on it. It is a work log, not a certificate that I personally re-derived every number that day from scratch.
Pages get revisited when a cited source updates, when a recall or guidance change is relevant, when a reader reports a problem, and during periodic catalog checks. When something changes, the page changes and the date moves forward. The editorial policy spells out the same rule in longer form.
How corrections work
If a duration here contradicts a federal source, email contact@stillgood.food with:
- the page URL,
- the number you think is wrong, and
- the federal document (or link) you are working from.
I check reported errors against the primary document myself before the page changes. Corrections jump ahead of catalog expansions and polish work. We fix the live page rather than quietly deleting it, and we move the review date so the change is visible.
If you looked something up here and came away with nothing, that is worth telling me too — coverage gaps are how the catalog grows. More on reaching me on the contact page.
How to verify a number yourself
You should not have to take my word for a fridge or freezer window. On any food page:
- Read the answer and the duration cards.
- Open the Sources card (or the Sources list on a guide).
- Follow the link to the FoodSafety.gov, USDA FSIS, FDA, or CDC page cited.
- Find the matching row or paragraph in that document and compare.
If the federal source and this site disagree, trust the federal source and tell me. The About page has a short verify-a-number section with the same pattern, and the editorial policy explains what we do when sources are silent or conflict.
Coverage
The catalog currently covers 155 foods across 6 categories. Reasoning behind the project is on about.