Fisher & Paykel Refrigerator & Freezer manual Storing Food and Drinks, Power Failure Food Safety

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Important Safety Information

Storing Food and Drinks

Never store volatile or flammable materials in your refrigerator or freezer as they may explode. Never freeze liquids in glass containers. Liquid expands during freezing, which may cause the container to explode.

Never freeze carbonated drinks. They may explode.

Do not consume food if it is too cold. Food removed from the freezer compartment may be cold enough to cause damage when brought into contact with bare skin e.g. frozen ice cubes.

Power Failure – Food Safety

Do not refreeze frozen foods that have thawed completely. Follow the recommendations below if you discover food in your freezer has thawed:

1)Ice crystals still visible – food may be refrozen but should be stored for a shorter period than recommended.

2)Thawed but refrigerator cold – refreezing generally not recommended. Fruits and some cooked food can be refrozen but use as soon as possible. Meat, fish, poultry – use immediately or cook then refreeze. Vegetables – discard as they usually go limp and soggy.

3)Thawed but warmer than 4˚C. Red meat can be cooked immediately and refrozen but use as soon as possible. Discard all other frozen foods.

Do not refreeze frozen foods that have thawed completely. The food may be dangerous to eat.

Cleaning

Many commercially available cleaning products contain solvents which may attack plastic components of your refrigerator or freezer and cause them to crack. Please refer to the cleaning care section of this booklet for further advice.

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Contents Refrigerator & Freezer Page Contents Electrical DisposalStoring Food and Drinks Power Failure Food SafetyCleaning Power Installation Four Essential RequirementsLocation StabilityEnergy Efficiency Ventilation and InstallationMoving Your Refrigerator Moving or Storing Your RefrigeratorStoring Your Refrigerator or Freezer Holiday TimeDoor Conversion Hinge Cover Active Smart Operating Instructions Temperature ControlFresh Food Compartment Freezer Food CompartmentNormal Refrigerator Sounds Sabbath ModeActive Smart Special Features Divider Instructions Where Fitted Fault AlarmsBottle Rack Where Fitted Roll Out Drawer Model E415HReplacement of the Interior Light Halogen Light Bulb Active Smart MaintenanceInterior Active Smart Cleaning Care Interior/ExteriorExterior Stainless Exterior Door Other Exterior SurfacesInterior Glass Shelves Active Smart Cleaning Care Special FeaturesImportant Notice To Remove Trays or Fixed BinsTo Replace Trays or Fixed Bins Turn shelf upside down To attach humidity slides onto shelf Humidity Control System Where FittedRoll Out Fruit and Vegetable Bin E415H Cyclic and Compact Operating Instructions Door Alarms E169T, E240B, E249T Only Cyclic and Compact Special Features and MaintenanceReplacement of Interior Light P120 Ice BoxExterior Brushed Stainless Exterior Door Cyclic & Compact Cleaning Care Interior/ExteriorFruit and Vegetable Bins and Cover 635mm Wide Models Cyclic and Compact Cleaning Care Special FeaturesVegetable Bin 525mm Wide Models Except P120 Models Defrosting Models with Ice Boxes Cyclic and Compact Cleaning CareDefrosting Model C170T Chest Freezer Operating Instructions Vertical Freezer Operating InstructionsFreezer Baskets Chest Freezers Special Features and MaintenanceDefrosting your Chest Freezer Dairy Foods and Eggs Storing Food in Your RefrigeratorFresh Food Care Poultry Red MeatFish and Seafood Precooked Foods and LeftoversRecommended Freezer Storage Times Storing Food in Your FreezerFrozen Food Care Fish Meat, Poultry and GameVegetables Prepared and Cooked FoodsProblem Possible Causes What to do Problem Solving ChecklistTaste or odour Customer Care Before You Call for Service or Assistance…New Zealand If You Need Assistance Australia If You Need AssistanceFeel free to contact us at our website on For the Rest of the World…NZ AU UK PAC