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avoiding a rise in temperature of the
latter.
Do not touch frozen food with wet
hands. Your hands could stick to the
food and cause skin abrasions.
It is advisable to show the freezing-in
date on each individual pack to enable
you to keep tab of the storage time.
Be sure that frozen foodstuffs are
transferred from the foodstore to the
freezer in the shortest possible time.
Do nnot pput ccarbonated lliquids ((fizzy
drinks, eetc.) iin tthe ffreezing
compartment aas tthey mmay bburst.
Once defrosted, food deteriorates
rapidly and cannot be refrozen.
MAINTENANCE
Unplug tthe aappliance bbefore
carrying oout aany mmaintenance
operation.
Warning
This appliance contains hydrocarbons
in its cooling unit; maintenance and
recharging must therefore only be
carried out by authorized technicians.
Periodic cleaning
Clean the inside with warm water
and bicarbonate of soda.
Rinse and dry thoroughly.
Do nnot ppull, mmove oor ddamage aany
pipes aand //or ccables iinside tthe
cabinet ..
Clean the condenser (black grill)
and the compressor at the back of the
appliance with a brush or a vacuum
cleaner. This operation will improve the
performance of the appliance and save
electricity consumption.
HINTSHints for refrigeration
Useful hints:
Meat ((all ttypes): wrap in polythene
bags and place on the glass shelf
above the vegetable drawer.
For ssafety, sstore iin tthis wway oonly oone oor
two ddays aat tthe mmost.
Cooked ffoods, ccold ddishes, eetc..: these
should be covered and may be placed
on any shelf.
Fruit aand vvegetables: these should be
thoroughly cleaned and placed in the
special drawer(s) provided.
Butter aand ccheese: these should be
placed in special airtight containers or
wrapped in aluminium foil or polythene
bags to exclude as much air as
possible.
Milk bbottles: these should have a cap
and should be stored in the bottle rack
on the door.
Bananas, ppotatoes, oonions aand ggarlic,
if nnot ppacked, mmust nnot bbe kkept iin tthe
refrigerator.

Freezing of fresh food and

storage of frozen food

Prepare food in small portions to
enable it to be rapidly and completely
frozen and to make it possible
subsequently to thaw only the quantity
required.
Wrap up the food in aluminium foil or
polythene and make sure that the
packages are airtight.
Do not allow fresh, unfrozen food to
touch food which is already frozen, thus