IMPORTANT: Do not expect your Foot Storage time
freezer to quick-freeze any large MAIf? DISHES
quantity of food. No more than 2 to
Stc ws; meat, poultry
3 pounds of fresh meat or 3 to 4 c nd fish casserole 2 to 3 months
pounds of vegetables per cubic foot
TV jinners 3 to 6 months
of freezer space. leave enough DAIR ? PRODUCTS
space for air to circulate around
Bui?er _....__......,..... 2to9months
packages. Fe careful to leave Mc: rgarine 2 to 9 months
enough room at the front so the door
Ch??ese:
can close tightly. C amembert, dry curd
cottage, farmer?s,
Roquefort, blue 3 months
FROZEN FOOD STORAGE CHART C reamed cottage DO NOT FREEZE
C heddar, Edam, Gouda,
Swiss, brick, etc. 6 to 8 weeks
Storage ilmes? will vary according to the
quality of the food, the type of packaging or Frei?zing can change texture of
ch#, !ese.
wrap used (moisture and vapor-proof], and
the storage temperature [should be at 0 F ICE cream, ice milk.
s lerbet 4 weeks
( -18?C) )
EGG!
Wh >le [mixed) 9 to 12 months
Food Storage time
Wh tes 9 to 12 months
FRUITS Yol #:s 9 to 12 months
Fruit juice concentrate 12 months
(AC :1 sugar or salt to yolks or whole mixed
Commercially frozen fruit 12 months
egl IS]
Citrus fruit and juices 4 to 6 months BAKEI ) GOODS
Others . . . . . . . . 8to12months
Yec!st breads and rolls 3 months
VEGETABLES Bal ed Brown ?N Serve
Commercially frozen 8 months
r( Ills 3 months
Home trozen 8 to 12 months Unt aked breads _. 1 month
MEAT
QUI zk breads 2 to 3 months
Bacon 4 weeks or less Ca #:es, unfrosted . 2 to 4 months
Corned beef . . . . . . 2 weeks
CaN#,:es, frosted 8 to 12 months
Cured ham 1 to 2 months Frui 1 cakes 12 months
[Salting meat shortens freezer life)
Co )kie dough 3 months
Frankfurters _. _. _. _, _. 1 month
8aC ed cookies 8 to 12 months
Ground beef, lamb, veal 2 to 3 months BaCedpies _,_,...._,._,, lto2months
Roasts:
Pie jough only 4 to 6 months
Beef 6 to 12 months -003?0 u j D A ??7 :,,r ^ gor I- ~,x-pr+.c trlP.5 se,. c
Lamb and veal 6 to 9 months idgqes?l : IIc-loge II-NC?
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Pork 4 to 8 months
Sausage, fresh 1 to 2 months If electr city goes off
Steaks and chops: Call the :)ower company Ask how long power WIII
Beef 8 to 12 months be off
Lamb, veal, pork 3 to 9 months 1. If se IvIce IS to be interrupted 24 hours or less,
FISH kee ) freezer ciosed Most food WIII stay frozen.
Cod, flounder, haddock 2. If SC rvlce IS to be interrupted longer than 24
sole....................... 6months hoi .s
Blue fish, salmon 2 to 3 months (a) Remove all frozen food and store in a
Mackerel, perch 2 fo 3 months frozen food locker Or..
Breaded fish (purchased] 3 months (b) Place about 20 pounds of dry Ice on top
Clams, oysters, cooked zf the food, using pieces as large as pos-
fish, crab, scallops 3 to 4 months jlble Protect your hands with gloves
Alaskan king crab 10 months (c] If neither food locker storage nor dry ice
Shrimp, uncooked 12 months s available. use or can perlshable food
POULTRY 3t once.
Whole chicken or turkey.. 12 months 3. A fc freezer will stay cold longer than CI partly
Duck 6 months fille 1 one. A freezer full of meat will stay cold
Giblets 2 to 3 months Ion! ler than a freezer full of baked goods If
Cooked poultry w/gravy 6 months foe 1 contains Ice crystals, it may be safely
Slices [no gravy) 1 month 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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