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Food Storage
Guide
Continued
Freezer
food storage
chart
Storage times will vary according to the quality of
the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (air
and moisture proof), and the storage 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 ......................
6 to 12 months
Lambandveal..
............
6to9months
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 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. ......................
2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy
...........
6 months
Slices (no gravy) ...................
1 month
12
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
2 months
Eggs
Whole (mixed)
12 months
Whites
12 months
Yolks
12 months
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed eggs)
Baked
goods
3 months
3 months
‘. 2 to 3 1 months
month
2 to 4 months
‘8 to 12 months
Yeast breads and rolls
Baked Brown ‘N Serve rolls
Unbaked breads
Quick breads
Cakes, unfrosted
Cakes, frosted
Fruit cakes
Cookie dough
Baked cookies
Baked pies
Pie dough only
Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative
Extension Service suggested storage times.
12 months
3 months
‘8to.12 months
1 to 2 months
4 to 6 months
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