Cooked meat, poultry, and fish
Fight Food Waste in the home chart no. 4: a woman places dishes in a refrigerator, with photographs of broth being poured into a jar and meat being cut for salad. The technique is faint: ordinary women in home kitchens stand for everyday practice, and the text warns that food left standing is a hunting ground for bacteria.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Home Economics
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Health
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Home Economics. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1151F (NAID 514743).
Text on the object
COOKED MEAT, POULTRY, and FISH • Cool cooked meats quickly. • Cover well. • Keep cold. • Pour soup, broth or stew into jar.... cool quickly.... cover.... keep cold. • Left standing in the kitchen it makes a 'Happy Hunting Ground' for bacteria. • Cut meats for salad and sandwiches just before using. • Meat spreads and salads should be kept very cold until served. [emblem:] FOOD FOR FREEDOM FIGHT FOOD WASTE in the home BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 4 [imprint:] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., Price 25c per set of 10 charts [imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-465386
