I just started a brand-new game. My character moved into a new house in a new town. As soon as the Sim walked into the house, he had the option to remove spoiled food from the fridge - vegetarian lobster thermidor, if anyone's interested. The character is one I've played before and had saved in the library, but I wouldn't have thought saving him to the library would have also caused him to bring along food from the old game as it certainly wasn't in his inventory.
It's not a problem, as I just had him get rid of the spoiled food, and the fridge has been working fine since then. But I'd sure like to know why this happened. Has anyone else experienced this, and any ideas as to why it happened?