Movable shelvesHEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES
The walls of the refrigerator have runners so that
shelves can be positioned as desired.Because of consumer demand, preservatives
have been removed from many pre-preparedY Store eggs in the egg rack provided in the
refrigerator door. Discard any broken or chipped
foods. This together with the changes ineggs.
shopping habits to a once-a-week shop, mean
that safe handling and storage of food is evenY Regularly check the refrigerator door seal to
more important than ever. ensure that it is clean and free from debris.
Y Always wash your hands with soapy water and
The following tips should help you to ensure that
D040the food in your home is in as perfect conditiondry them with a clean towel before handling food.
as possible.Y Keep work surfaces clean and avoid cross
The door shelves can be easily removed for cleaning contamination by not using the same work
Y Keep the time between buying chilled food and
placing it in your fridge as short as possible. Testssurface or knife, without washing them thoroughly
showed that the temperature of 1 litre of orangein between.
juice rose to 22!C in an hour between theY The fresh foods to be frozen must be fresh and of
supermarket and home. It then took 11 hours tothe best quality.
get down to 7!C in the refrigerator.Y The size of each pack should be small enough to
Y Keep the refrigerator door closed as much asensure that it is used in one go . Small packs
possible. freeze more quickly and uniformly and give better
Y Do not push food together too much, try to allowresults.
D307air to circulate around each item.Y Frozen food, once thawed, must not be refrozen.
Y Cool cooked food as quickly as possible but doLean food keeps better and longer than fatty
NOT place in the refrigerator until cool. (Leavefood, salt reduces the storage time.
food in a cool place in order that it can then beY Wrap the food in polythene or aluminium freezing
put in the refrigerator as soon as possible).bags or foil so that they adhere to the food and
Y Do NOT mix raw and cooked meat, they must beprovide an airlight seal .
in separate containers. Take care not to let theY Packaging which is swollen or has traces of
meat juices drip onto other food. If the meat doesrefrozen water droplets on the pack could
drip, remove everything and clean thoroughly.indicate that the product has not been kept at a
Y Do not store food uncovered.suitable temperature and that it may have lost its
original quality. Partially thawed food must not be
Y The best way to defrost food is to put it in therefrozen, it must be consumed within 24 hours.
D058refrigerator to thaw slowly.Never exceed the storage times indicated.
Y Remove suspect food from your refrigerator andY Never place hot food, bottles or cans of fizzy
clean (refer to OMaintenance and Cleaning�).drink in the freezer as they may explode.
Y Never allow spillages to dry and harden.Containers with a lid must not be filled to the
Y Ensure that food placed in the freezer is datedbrim.
and labelled and used in date order to ensureY Do not open the door or place extra fresh food in
Freezing Calendar
that food is consumed at its best.the freezer next to food which is already frozen
Y It is important that food is used before its Obestas this could cause the temperature of the frozen
before� date.food to rise and its quality and storage life to
reduce .
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The symbols show different types of frozen goods.
The numbers indicate storage times in months for the appropriate types of frozen goods. Whether the upper or lower
value of the indicated storage time is valid depends on the quality of the foods and pre-treating before freezing.
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