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IMPORTANT:
Do not expect
your
freezer
to quick
freeze
any
large
quantity
of food.
Put no more
un-
frozen
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
packages.
Be careful
to
leave
enough
room
at the front so
the door can close tightly.
FOOO STORAGE CHAR1
Storage
times*
will vary according
to the
quality
of the food, the type of packcglng
or
wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof),
and
the storage
temperature
which
should
be
0°F (-17.8"C).
Food
FRUITS
Storage
time
Fruit juice concentrate
12 months
Commercially
frozen fruit
12 months
Citrus fruit and juices
4 to 6 months
Others
. .
.
. .
8 to12 months
VEGETABLES
Commercially
frozen
8 months
Home frozen
8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon
4 weeks
or less
Corned
beef
.
2 weeks
Cured
ham
1 to 2 months
(Salting
meat
shortens
freezer
life)
Frankfurters
.
1 month
Ground
beef,
lamb,
veal
2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef
. .
. . .
6 to 12 months
Lamb and veal
6 to 9 months
Pork
4 to 8 months
Sausage,
fresh
1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef
8 to 12 months
Lamb, veal,
pork
3 to 4 months
FISH
Cod, flounder,
haddock
Sole..
.
_.
6 months
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 to4 months
Alaskan
king crab
10 months
Shrimp,
uncooked
12 months
POULTRY
Whole chicken
or turkey.
12 months
Duck
_. _.
_,
6 months
Giblets
2 to 3 months
Cooked
poultry
w/gravy
6 months
Slices (no gravy)
1 month
Food
Storage
time
MAIN DISHES
Stews; meat,
poultry
and fish casserole
2 to 3 months
TV dinners.
. .
3 to 6 months
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
4 weeks
EGGS
Whole (mixed)
9 to 12 months
Whites
. .
.
9 to 12 months
Yolks .
. .
9 to 12 months
(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 to12 months
Fruit cakes
12 months
Cookie
dough
3 months
Baked
cookies
8 to12 months
Baked
pies..
.
1 to 2 months
Pie dough
only
. .
. 4 to 6 months
'Based m U S DA and
MIC~YQO~
Ccoperat~ve Exlens~m Serwze
SuQQeSted
Storage
I mes
If electricity
goes off
Call
the power
componv
Ask '7ow long
powt
~111 be off
1. If serdlce
s +c be 'nterructed
24 Tours or les:
keef
OS'-
doors
ciosec
Thl~s WII' help
froze1
foods
to stay frcze7
2. If service
I:> tc be irterrupted
longer
thar
2
hlours
[a)
Rerrove
01 frozen
fxd
and
store
IP,
(
frozer
food
locker
Or
(b)
Place
2 lbs (0 9 kg] of dry ice in freezer fc
every
cu ft of freezer
space
This WIII keel
frozer
foods for 2 to 4 days
Wear gloves
tc
protect
your hands
from dry ice burns
(c:
If neither
food
'ocker
storage
nor dry ICI
1s evalIable,
'"se or car-
perishable
foot
at once
3. A fti I freezer
WII
stci cola
longert%In
c part1
fIlled
one
4 freezer
full cf meat
,3r,1l~ stay col(
longer
Par
o freezer
full of baked
goods
fooo
contol?s
Ice crystals
It may
be safe'
refrozen
clthough
'he quality
ana flavor
ma
be CIlfeC'eU
Use refrozen
foocis
quickly
If ttIf
corl'tlor
3 tTe food
IS
p#aor or yoc: ?ave
on
SUSPC~O~S it s mse to d#cDose of t
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