Seafood
How long does fresh whole lobster, live last?
Live
Fridge
1 days unopened
Storage tips from USDA
It is not safe to cook and eat a whole lobster if it is dead at the time of preparation.
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The shelf-life ranges shown above are from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service FoodKeeper database, a publicly maintained reference. ok2eat republishes this data unmodified except for unit normalization (everything shown in days). Source dataset: USDA FSIS FoodKeeper v128 (last updated by USDA 2025-01-22).