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IMPORTANT:
Do not
expect
your
freezer
to quick-freeze
any
large
quantity
of food.
No more than 2 to
3 pounds
of fresh
meat
or 3 to 4
pounds
of vegetables
per cubic
foot
of freezer
space.
leave
enough
space
for air to circulate
around
packages.
Fe careful
to leave
enough
room at the front so the door
can close tightly.
FROZEN FOOD STORAGE CHART
Storage
ilmes'
will vary according
to the
quality
of the food, the type of packaging
or
wrap used (moisture
and vapor-proof],
and
the storage
temperature
[should be at 0 F
( -18'C) )
Food
FRUITS
Storage
time
Fruit juice
concentrate
12 months
Commercially
frozen fruit
12 months
Citrus fruit and juices
4 to 6 months
Others
. . .
. . . .
. 8to12months
VEGETABLES
Commercially
frozen
8 months
Home trozen
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 9 months
FISH
Cod, flounder,
haddock
sole.......................
6months
Blue fish, salmon
2 to 3 months
Mackerel,
perch
2 fo 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
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
1
Foot
MAIf' DISHES
Storage
time
Stc ws; meat,
poultry
c nd fish casserole
2 to 3 months
TV jinners
3 to 6 months
DAIR " PRODUCTS
Bui'er
_....__......,.....
2to9months
Mc: rgarine
2 to 9 months
Ch'?ese:
C amembert,
dry curd
cottage,
farmer's,
Roquefort,
blue
3 months
C reamed
cottage
DO NOT FREEZE
C heddar,
Edam, Gouda,
Swiss, brick,
etc.
6 to 8 weeks
Frei?zing
can change
texture
of
ch#, !ese.
ICE cream,
ice milk.
s lerbet
4 weeks
EGG!
Wh >le [mixed)
9 to 12 months
Wh tes
9 to 12 months
Yol #:s
9 to 12 months
(AC :1 sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
egl IS]
BAKEI ) GOODS
Yec!st breads
and rolls
3 months
Bal ed Brown 'N Serve
r( Ills
3 months
Unt aked
breads
_.
1 month
QUI zk breads
2 to 3 months
Ca #:es, unfrosted
.
2 to 4 months
CaN#,:es, frosted
8 to 12 months
Frui 1 cakes
12 months
Co )kie dough
3 months
8aC ed cookies
8 to 12 months
BaCedpies
_,_,...._,._,,
lto2months
Pie jough
only
4 to 6 months
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If electr
city goes off
Call the :)ower company
Ask how long power WIII
be off
1. If se IvIce IS to be interrupted
24 hours or less,
kee ) freezer ciosed
Most food WIII stay frozen.
2. If SC rvlce IS to be interrupted
longer than 24
hoi .s
(a) Remove
all frozen food and store in a
frozen food locker Or..
(b) Place about
20 pounds of dry Ice on top
zf the food, using pieces as large as pos-
jlble
Protect your hands with gloves
(c]
If neither food locker storage
nor dry ice
s available.
use or can perlshable
food
3t once.
3. A fc freezer will stay cold longer than CI partly
fille 1 one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
Ion! ler than a freezer full of baked
goods
If
foe 1 contains
Ice crystals,
it may be safely
refrc Izen. although
the quality and flavor may
be Iffected.
Use this quickly. If the condition
of tt e food IS poor or you have any suspicions.
It is iiise to dispose of tt
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