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Food Storage Tips
Fresh Food Storage
Fruit and Vegetables
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\vt-at’ otlor011s fids SllCh as onions ad Glthlg~
so tli;, otlor ttoc~s not trailsfiv to other timls.
Meat and Cheese
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\\.ill
clcdop
011 th. slll-fllcc~
of' IlaId
c.II~Y~s~~s
(Swiss,
(~l~c~ltlar,
l’ai-1rrc5air). C:iit of‘f’kit
least xi
ilrcdr ;L~OIIII(! NIP] I)(~lo\\~ tllcl 11rolt1\. area. Kwp \ollr
hlrif;, or illstrllltl(~llt ollt ol‘tll(~ 111ott1 itwlf’. Tlrc wnlain-
illg C~]I(YW~ \vill lx, safi~ mrtl fla\d’ul to cat. 110
NOT tw
to s;L\‘(’ iiItli\~ittlial C~ICY~C~ slices, sof’t clic~w, cotta&
C’lI(‘(‘S(‘,
~‘l-(‘;llll, SOIl1’ ~‘I‘(‘;1111 or yyp-t \\h’ll
11101d
;lt’t”‘;l”s.
Dairy Food
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hlost tlain, f’ootls SIICII as Irrilk, vo:qllrt, SOII~ c’rmnl ad
cx)ttagc) c*II(~(w Irau~ fi.c3llilcx clatcs on their cartons fi)r
:ippropi‘i;itc~ l(vi$ll of‘ storagc~. Store, tlrcw fids in tlw
origild c*;ii-toil aid i-c~l’rigwatc~ iirrirlcdiatc~l~~ aftw piir-
cdiasiilg ;iirtt cxc*l~ iiso.
Frozen Food Storage
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A fi-wzu- opcratc~s mow eflici(wtlv \vlivii it is at Icast
h\wtliirtls
filtt.
Packaging Foods for Freezing
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To Irlillinrize delndration and qualitv clcltc~1-ionttiolI use
atuiiriniim foil, 1Ywwr wrap. free& tqgs or airtiglit
cr)ntaillers. Force as ~I~~IC’I~ air ollt of‘ tlw pxkagw as
possihlr a~ltl lw s11rc‘ tlrcy arc’ tiglltl\. seatrd. Trapped ail
cali c31ise tlw food to dry out, ctia;igr~ color alid &~Y-
op iiil off-flu\nr (lix~zer i)lirii).
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Ovvrn-rap
fresh mrats
and poiiltn witlr
siiithle freeze1
\vrap prior to freezing.
l Do not refreeze meat that has completely thawed.
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Refer to the Food Storage Chart on page 20 for
approximate storage times.