The table below is a quick guide
to show you the most efficient way
to store the major food groups in
your freezer compartment.
Meat and
Preparation
fish
Steak
Wrap in foil
Lamb meat
Wrap in foil
Veal roast
Wrap in foil
Veal cubes
In small pieces
Lamb cubes In pieces
In packaging
Mince
without using
spices
Giblets
In pieces
(pieces)
Should be kept
Bologna
packaged even if
sausage/
it has a mem-
salami
brane
Chicken
Wrap in foil
and turkey
Goose and
Wrap in foil
duck
Deer,
In 2.5 kg por-
rabbit, wild
tions or as fillets
boar
Contents
Use
Freshwater
fish (Sal-
mon, Carp,
Crane,
Catfish)
Lean fish
Maximum
(Bass,
storage time
Turbot,
(months)
Flounder)
Fatty fishes
6 - 8
(Tuna,
Mackerel,
6 - 8
Bluefish,
Anchovy)
6 - 8
Shellfish
6 - 8
4 - 8
Caviar
1 - 3
Snails
1 - 3
4 - 6
Vegetables
4 - 6
and Fruits
6 - 8
String
beans and
beans
Beans
Cabbage
Carrot
After cleaning
the bowels
and scales of
the fish, wash
and dry it.
If necessary,
remove the tail
and head.
Clean and in a
bag
In its packa-
ging, or in an
aluminium or
plastic contai-
ner
In salty water,
or in an alumi-
nium or plastic
container
Note: Thawed frozen meat should be
cooked as fresh meat. If the meat is
not cooked after defrosting, it must not
be re-frozen.
Preparation
Wash, cut into
small pieces
and boil in
water
Hull, wash and
boil in water
Clean and boil
in water
Clean, cut into
slices and boil
in water
2
4
2 - 4
4 - 6
2 - 3
3
Maximum
storage
time (mon-
ths)
10 - 13
12
6 - 8
12
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