Here are some common-sense rules for storing your cat’s food so that it remains fresh and healthful.

By Karen Commings

The things that can damage your cat’s food read like an evening weather report — heat, moisture, air and sunlight. Add to that an unhealthy dose of insects or rodents, and you have a recipe for disaster — the food that you spent your hard-earned dollars to buy for your feline companion can become stale, rancid and moldy — in other words, inedible.

If your cat eats only part of a can at one feeding, you should cover the can and store it in the refrigerator.

Storing your cat’s food safely requires only a few precautions. “It’s really a matter of common sense,” says Francis A. Kallfelz, DVM, PhD, the James Law Professor of Veterinary Nutrition at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. “You wouldn’t store food for your own consumption improperly. It’s the…

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