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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
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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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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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