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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 withln 24 hours. (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. 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
quality of the food, the type of packaging or
wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof). and
the storage temperature which should be
0” F ( -17.8”c).
Food
FRUITS
Storage tlme
Fruit juice concentrate . . . . . 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit . . 12 months
Cltrus fruit and juices.. . . 4 to 6 months
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B to 12 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, iamb, veal 2 to 3 months
Roasts:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 12 months
lamb and veal
. . . . . . . 6 to 9 months
Pork.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to8 months
Sausage, fresh . . . . . . , . . . 1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops:
Beef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . 8 to 12 months
lamb, veal, pork . . . . . . 3 to4 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 to4 months
Alaskan king crab . . . . . . . . . 10 months
Shrimp, uncooked
. . . . . . . . . 12 months
POULTRY
Whole chicken or turkey.. . .
12 months
Duck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6months
Giblets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 3 months
Cooked poultry w/gravy . . . 6 months
Slices (no gravy) . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 month
Food
MAIN DISHES
Storage time
Stews; meat, poultry
and fish casserole . . . . 2 to 3 months
TV dinners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 to 6 months
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 9 months
Margarine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 to 9 months
Cheese:
Camembert, brick,
Mozzarella, farmer’s . . . . 3 months
Creamed cottage . .
DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swiss, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 to 8 weeks
Freezlng 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 roils . . . . . . 3 months
Baked Brown ‘N Serve
roils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 US DA and Mlchlgon Cooperailve Extensvzr Sarvlce
suggested storage times
If electricity goes off
Call the power company. Ask how long power
will be off
1.
If servrce IS to be Interrupted 24 hours or less
keep both doors closed Thts will help frozer
fo&s to stay frozen.
2. If service is to be interrupted longer than 2z
hours,
(a] Remove all frozen food and store In c
frozen food locker. Or.
(b) Place 2 Ibs (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer fo
every cu. ft. of freezer space. This WIII keep
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves tc
protect your hands from dry ice burns.
(c) If neither food locker storage nor dry ICE
IS available, use or can perrshable foot
3. A fulaf%~~ will stay cold longer than a partI\
filled one. A freezer full of meat WIII stay
COIC
longer than a freezer full of baked goods I
food contains Ice crystals, it may be safe11
refrozen, although the qualrty and flavor ma\
be affected. Use refrozen foods qurckly. If the
conditron of the food IS poor or you have an!
suspicions, it is wise to dispose of It.