It's plastic. Who knows if it is really safe or not? Especially beware of heating stuff in plastic bowls or bowls with a plastic cover. Plastic vapor and plastic breakdown products can be toxic.
Why not GLASS? Like Pyrex.
BTW, those little numbers on the bottom of plastic goods is to indicate what type of plastic they are made of, so that recyclers supposedly know what do with discarded plastic.
That is just another stupid "feel-good" environmental regulation. Who pays attention that crap?
The short answer is that plastics with the recycling code 3 on the bottom are most likely not safe for food storage.
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