Food Care - Fisher & Paykel RB2470BRV User Manual

For best food care
• Store only high-quality, fresh food in your appliance.
• Store perishable foods in the appliance immediately after purchase. Storing at room
temperature increases the rate of deterioration and can allow harmful microbial growth.
• Foods such as meat, poultry and seafood should be well wrapped or sealed in suitable
packaging to prevent dehydration, color deterioration, loss of flavor, and transfer of odor.
– We recommend storing these foods on the bottom shelf of your appliance or
in one of the bins to prevent potential spills and cross-contamination with
other foods.
• Ensure hot foods and beverages are cooled sufficiently before placing them into
the appliance. Hot items may cause other foods to warm to unsafe temperatures.
It may also cause sealed items to sweat/condensate — which is undesirable.
• Beverages are best stored standing upright in the door shelves.
• Ensure raw and cooked foods are stored separately to avoid cross-contamination.
• Consume food items within the recommended storage times. Discard foods that show
any sign of spoilage.
• Keep door openings to a minimum to maintain optimum storage temperatures inside
your appliance.
• We recommend using 'Max Cool' or 'Fast Freeze' when you are adding food items to
your appliance, such as after grocery shopping. This feature will ensure the food is
chilled/frozen within the shortest period of time, locking in the freshness and extending
the shelf life of your food.
Items stored in your refrigerator
• Dairy items such as butter and cheeses should be stored in sealed containers to minimize
any transfer of odor or odor absorption from other foods.
• Eggs should be stored in their carton to avoid absorption of strong odors through
their porous shell structure.
Items stored in your freezer
• Choose only high quality foods that freeze well.
• Ensure air is removed from packaging to avoid large formation of ice crystals and
prevent freezer burn.
• Leave space at the top of containers, glass jars or plastic bags containing liquids or semi-
solid foods as they expand during freezing. Packages or containers of solid foods should
have the air removed from them and be sealed tightly before freezing.
• Freeze immediately and as quickly as possible. Freeze only small quantities of food
at any one time.
• To maintain freshness and quality, we recommend defrosting foods in the refrigerator.
Ensure partially or fully defrosted foods are never re-frozen — cook immediately.

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