FOOD STORAGE TIPS
FOODS
REFRIGERATOR
FREEZER
STORAGE TIPS
MEATS
Bacon | 7 days | 1 month |
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Beef or lamb, ground | 1 to 2 days | 3 to 4 months | Fresh meats can be kept in original packaging for |
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Beef or lamb, roast and steak | 3 to 5 days | 6 to 9 months | Place in the Deli Drawer on coldest setting. When |
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| freezing longer than two weeks, overwrap with freezer |
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Ham, full cooked, whole | 7 days | 1 to 2 months |
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half | 5 days | 1 to 2 months |
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slices | 3 days | 1 to 2 months |
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Luncheon meat | 3 to 5 days | 1 to 2 months | Unopened, |
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| kept up to two weeks in the Deli Drawer on coldest |
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Pork, roasts | 3 to 5 days | 4 to 6 months |
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Pork, chops | 3 to 5 days | 4 months |
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Sausage, ground | 1 to 2 days | 1 to 2 months |
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Sausage, chops | 7 days | 1 to 2 months |
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Veal | 3 to 5 days | 4 to 6 months |
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Frankfurters | 7 days | 1 month | Processed meats should be tightly wrapped and stored |
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| in the Deli Drawer on coldest setting. |
Sources: United States Department of Agriculture; Food Marketing Institute; Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University
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