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IMPORTANT: Do not expect
your freezer
to quick-
freeze
any large
quantity
of food.
Put no more
unfrozen
food
into the freezer
than
will freeze
within
24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds
of
food
per cubic
foot of freezer
space.)
Leave
enough
space
for air to circulate
around
pack-
ages.
Be careful
to leave
enough
room
at the
front so the door can close
tightly.
FOOD STORAGE CHART
Storage
times* will vary according
to the qual-
ity of the food, the type of packaging
or wrap
used [moisture
and vapor-proof),
and the stor-
age temperature
which should be 0 F [ 17.8 C).
Food
Storage
Time
FRUITS
Fruit juice
concentrate
........
12 months
Commercially
frozen
fruit
.....
12 months
Citrus
fruit and juices
......
4 to 6 months
Others
....................
8 to 12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially
frozen
..........
8 months
Home frozen
..............
8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon
....................
4 weeks or less
Corned
beef
.............
4 weeks or less
(Salting
meat
shortens
freezer
life)
Frankfurters
.....................
1 month
Ground
beef,
lamb,
veal
...
2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef
....................
6to12
months
Lamb
and veal
..........
6 to 9 months
Pork
.....................
4to8months
Sausage,
fresh
.............
1 to 2 months
Steaks
and chops:
Beef
....................
Bto12
months
Lamb,
veal,
pork
.........
3 to 4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder,
haddock
sole
.........................
6months
Blue fish, salmon
...........
2 to 3 months
Mackerel,
perch
...........
2 to 3 months
Breaded
fish (purchased).
.....
3 months
Clams,
oysters,
cooked
fish, crab,
scallops
.......
3 to 4 months
Alaskan
king crab
............
10 months
Shrimp,
uncooked
............
12 months
POULTRY
Chicken
or turkey,
whole
or parts
..............
12 months
Duck
..........................
6 months
Giblets
....................
2toJmonths
Cooked
poultry
w/gravy
.......
6 months
Slices
(no gravy)
................
1 month
MAIN DISHES
Stews;
meat,
poultry
and fish casserole
.......
2 to 3 months
TV dinners
.................
3 to 6 months
Food
Storage
Time
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter
......................
6 to 9 months
Margarine
.....................
12 months
Cheese:
Camembert,
Mozzarella,
farmer's
....................
3 months
Creamed
cottage
......
DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar,
Edam, Gouda,
Swiss, brick,
etc.
........
6 to 8 weeks
Freezing
can change
texture
of
cheese.
Ice cream,
ice milk, sherbet
.....
2 months
EGGS
Whole (mixed)
.................
12 months
Whites
.........................
12 months
Yolks..
.........................
12months
:Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed eggs]
BAKED GOODS
Yeast breads
and rolls ..........
3 months
Baked
Brown 'N Serve rolls ......
3 months
Unbaked
breads
................
1 month
Quick
breads
..............
2 to 3 months
Cakes,
unfrosted
...........
2 to 4 months
Cakes,frosted
............
8 to 12 months
Fruit cakes
....................
12 months
Cookie
dough
..................
3 months
Baked
cookies
............
8 to 12 months
Baked
pies .................
1 to 2 months
Pie dough
only
.............
4 to 6 months
'Based
on U.S.D.A. and Michigan
Cooperative
Extension Service suggested
storage times
If electricity
goes off
Call the power
comoany
Ask how long power
wll be off
1. !f sewice
IS to be Interrupted
24 hours or
less.
keep
both doors closed
This WIII help frozen
ioods to stay frozen
2. I' service
IS to be Interrupted
longer
than 24
hours
[a) Remove
all frozen
food
and
store In a
frozen food locker
Or
[b) Place 2 Ibs (0 9 kg) of dry ice In freezer
for
every cu ft of freezer space
This will keep
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days Wear gloves to
protect
your hands from dry ice burns
(cl 1: neither food locker storage
nor dry Ice IS
cvallable
use or can perishable
food at
once
3. A full freezer
will
stay cold
longer
than
a
PCIrtlY
filled one A freezer full of meat WIII stay
cold
longer
than
a freezer
full of baked
goods
If food contclns
Ice crystals.
it may
be Safely refrozen
although
the quality
and
IlOvOr may
be affected
Use refrozen
foods
qcli:kl,f
If the condition
of the food IS poor or
' ;/oh feel I+ #s Lrxcfe
dispose
of It
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