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IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer com-
partment to quick-freeze any large quantity of
food. Put no more unfrozen food into the freezer
compartment than will freeze with 24 hours. (No
more than 2 or 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.
FOOD STORAGE CHART
Storage times’ will vary according to the qual-
ity of the food, the type of packaging or wrap
used (moisture and vapor-proof), and the stor-
age temperature which should be 0°F ( -17.8”C).
Food
Storage lime
FRUITS
Frult juice concentrate
........ 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit ...... 12 months
Cltrus fruit and juices ....... 4 to 6 months
Others .................... 8tol2months
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 treezer 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.. .................... 4to8months
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 .......................... 6months
Blue fish, salmon
...........
2 to 3 months
Mackerel, perch ............ 2 to 3 months
Breaded flsh (purchased) ...... 3 months
Clams, oysters, cooked
fish, crab, scallops ....... 3 to 4 months
Alaskan king crab ............ IO months
Shrlmp, uncooked ............. 12 months
POULTRY
Whole chicken or turkey ....... 12 months
Duck ........................... 6 months
Giblets ..................... 2to3months
Cooked poultry w/gravy ....... 6 months
Slices (no gravy] ................ 1 month
MAIN DISHES
Stews; meat, poultry
and fish casserole ........ 2 to 3 months
TV dinners .................. 3 to 6 months
Food
Storage Time
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter
...................... 6toOmonths
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 orsalt to yolks orwhole 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 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 U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative
Extension Service suggested storage times.
If electricity goes off
Call the power company. Ask how long power
will be off.
1. If service IS to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
keep both doors closed.
This will help frozen
foods to stay frozen.
2. If service is to be interrupted longer than 24
hours:
(a] Remove all frozen food and store in a
frozen food locker. Or...
(b) Place 2 Ibs (0.9 kg) of dry ice in freezer for
every cu. ft of freezer space. This will keep
frozen foods for 2 to 4 days. Wear gloves to
protect your hands from dry ice burns.
(c) If neither food locker storage nor dry ice is
available, use or can perishable food at
once.
3. A full freezerwill stay cold longerthan a partly
filled one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
longer than a freezer full of baked goods. If
food contains Ice crystals, it may be safely
refrozen, although the quality and flavor may
be affected Use refrozen foods quickly. If the
condition of the food is poor or you have any
suspicions, it IS wise tb dispose of it.
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