Packaged Frozen Food
STORING FROZ EN FOOD Store on freezer door
shelf or tn the freezer If you plan to store it for a long
time, re-wrap it with aluminum fort or plastic wrap
Frozen Meats. The followrng hints WIII help
keep the quality in your frozen meats
1. Freeze meat while fresh and in top condition
2. Use only recommended wrapping materials
3. Prepare the meat for freezing before wrap-
ping it. Trim off excess fat and remove bones
when practical Meat should not be salted
because salt shortens freezer lrfe
4. Wrap tightly, pressing out as much air as
possrble.
The freezer section IS desrgned for storage of com-
5. Label and date it
mercrally frozen foods and for freezrng foods at
6. Refreezing thawed meat IS not recommended.
home
Frozen Soups, Juices .Store on freezer door
shelf or in the freezer.
STORAGE CHART FOR FROZEN FOOD
Packaging -The secret of successful freezrng IS Storage times given in this chart are only a
in the packaging The wrap you use must be air, guide. For best use of freezer space, keep fro-
norsture and vapor proof. The way you close and zen foods for short times. Use, then replace as
seal the package must not allow arr. morsture or needed.
vapors In or out Bread .......................... 2months
Rrgrd polyethylene (plastic) containers wrth tight- Cooked Dishes ............... 2-3 months
frttrng lids. straight-sided canning freezrng jars. Fish and Seafoods
heavy-duty alumrnum foil, plastIccoated paper and Fresh ......................... 6months
Ton-permeable plastic wraps (such as Saran) are Commercially Frozen ...... l-3 months
,ecommended Note Heat-sealed borlrng bags are Fruits ........................... 6months
easy to use and can be used by themselves or as Ice Cream ....................... 1 month
carton liners Concentrated Jutce .......... 4-6 months
Meats
IMPORTANT: Do not expect your freezer to quick- Bacon ................ Less than 1 month
freeze any large quantity of food. leave enough Pork roasts, chops .......... 3-4 months
space for air to circulate around packages. Be Sausage .................... l-2 months
careful to leave enough room at the front so the Beef, veal, iamb roasts ....... 6 months
door can close tightly. Ground meat ............... . l-2 months
Poultry ..................... 3-4 months
ice Cream Store in the freezer Once the pack- Vegetables ........ . ........... 6 months
age IS opened, place a piece of aluminum fol or
waxed paper smoothly agarnst the Ice cream sur- ?Courtesy of NatIonal LIvestock and Meat Board and
:ace This WIII prevent Ice crystals from formlng USDA
WARNING: Tape blocks out of a child?s
Vacation and moving care
reach...do not allow children near
the refrigerator when the doors are
Short vacations. . .
blocked open. They may become
No need to shut off the refrrgerator If you WIII be
injured or trapped.
away for less than four weeks Use up perishables,
freeze other items Turn off your Ice maker, shut off To restart refrrgerator. see ?Using Your Refrigerator ?
the water supply, empty the Ice brn and make sure
Moving...
all Ice cubes are dispensed out of the mechanism
Shut off the ice maker water supply a day ahead of
time. Disconnect the water line. After the lust supply of
Long vacations. . .
ice drops, lift the signal arm to turn off the ice maker:
Remove all the fmd If you are gorng for a month Remove all food. Pack frozen foods in dry ice. Un-
or more. If your refrigerator IS equrpped with on plug the refrigerator and clean It thoroughly.
automatrc Ice maker, turn off the water supply to Remove everything that comes out Wrap all parts
the ice maker at least a day ahead When the last
wel! and tape them together so they don?t shift and
load of ice drops, turn off the ice maker
ratHe
Unplug the refrigerator and clean It .rinse well Screw in the levelling legs; tape the doors shut; tape
and dry Tape rubber or wood blocks to both doors the electric cord to the cabinet When you get to your
..keeprng them open for enough for air to get in new home, put everything back, reconnect the water
This will keep odor and mold from burldrng up supply and refer to ?Eefore Using...? page
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