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IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to qulck-
freeze any large quanfffy of food. Puf no more
unfrozen food Info the freezer than will freeze
wlthln 24 hours. (No more than 2 to 3 pounds of
food per cubic foot of freezer space.) leave
enough space for alr to clrculafe around pack-
ages. Be careful to leave enough room af the
front so the door can close flghfly.
FOOD STORAGE CHART
Storage times’ will vary according to the quai-
lty of the food, the type of packaging or wrap
used (moisture and vapor-proof), and the stor-
age temperaturewhich should be 0°F ( -17.8%).
Food
storage Tlme
FRUITS
Frult Juice concentrate
........ 12 months
Commercially frozen fruit
..... 12 months
Cltrus fruit and Juices
...... 4 to 6 months
Ofhers
.................... Stol2months
VEGETABLES
Commercially frozen
..........
8 months
Home frozen
.............. 8 to 12 months
MEAT
Bacon
.................... 4 weeks or less
Corned beef
.............
4 weeks or less
(Salflng meat shortens freezer Ilfe)
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
....................
8tol2months
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 klng crab
............ 10 months
Shrlmp, uncooked
............
12 months
POULTRY
Chlcken or turkey,
whole or parts
..............
12 months
Duck
..........................
6 months
Glblets
.................... 2to3months
Cooked poultry w/gravy
.......
6 months
Slices (no gravy]
................
1 month
MAIN DISHES
Stews; meat, poultry
and flsh casserole
.......
2 to 3 months
TV dlnners
................. 3 to 6 months
Food
Stomge
Time
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Buffer ......................
6to9monfhs
Margarine
..................... 12 months
Cheese:
Camembeti, Mozzarella,
farmer%
.................... Bmonfhs
Creamed cottage
......
DO NOT FREEZE
Cheddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swtu, brick, etc.
........ 6 to 8 weeks
Freezlng can change texture of
cheese.
Ice cream, Ice milk, sherbet
..... 2 months
EGGS
Whole (mlxed)
................. 12 months
Whlfes .........................
12 months
Yolks
...........................
12 months
[Add sugar or salt to yolks orwhole mixed eggs]
BAKED GOODS
Yeasf breads and rolls
.......... 3 monfhs
Baked Brown ‘N Serve rolls
...... 3 month,
Unbaked breads
................ 1 month
Gulck breads
.............. 2 to 3 months
Cakes, unfrosfed
........... 2 to 4 months
Cakes,frosfed
............
8 to 12 months
hulf cakes
....................
12 months
Cookle dough
.................. 3 months
Baked cookies
............ 8 to 12 monfhs
Baked ples
................. 1 to 2 monfhs
Ple dough only
............. 4 to 6 months
‘Based on U.S.D.A. and Mlchlgan Cooperatlve
Extension Servlce suggested storage tlmes.
If electrlclfy 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 ail 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. Thls 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 freezer will stay cold longer than a
partiy 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
fiavor may be affected. Use refrozen foods
quickly if the condition of the food is poor or
if
YOU
feel it is unsafe, dispose of it.