Whirlpool RTIZDK important safety instructions Freezer food storage chart

Freezer food storage chart

Storage times will vary according to the quality of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (air and moisture proof) and the storage temperature (which should be 0°F [-178”C]).

FOOD				STORAGE		TIME
Fruits
l	Citrus			4 to 6 months
l	Commercially		frozen		12	months
l	Juice concentrates				12	months
l	Others			8 to	12 months
Vegetables
l	Commercially		frozen		8 months
l	Home	frozen		8 to	12 months
Meats
l	Bacon’			4 weeks		or less
l	Corned	beef		4 weeks		or less
l	Frankfurters				1 month
l Ground beef, veal and
	lamb			2 to 3 months

lRoasts:

	-Beef			6 to 12 months
	-Lamb	8 veal		6 to 9 months
	-Pork			4 to 8 months
. Sausage		(fresh)		1 to 2 months
l	Steaks 8 chops:
	-Beef			8 to 12 months
	-Lamb,	veal	& pork	3 to 4 months
Fish
l	Alaskan	king	crab	10	months
l	Blue fish 8 salmon			2 to 3	months
l	Breaded	fish
	(purchased)			3	months
l	Clams,	oysters,
	cooked	fish,	crab 8
	scallops			3 to 4	months

lCod, flounder, sole 8

	haddock		6 months
l	Mackerel	8 perch	2 to 3	months
l	Shrimp	(uncooked)	12	months

Poultry

lChicken or turkey

	(whole	or parts)	12 months
l	Cooked	(w/ gravy)	6	months
9	Duck		6	months
l	Giblets		2 to 3 months
l	Slices	(no gravy)		1 month

FOOD			STORAGE	TIME
Main		dishes
l	Casseroles (meat,		2 to 3	months
	poultry 8 fish)
l	Stews		2 to 3	months
l	TV dinners		3 to 6	months
Dairy		products
l	Butter		6 to 9	months
l	Margarine		12	months

lCheese:**

-Camembert,

Farmer’s	&	3 months
Mozzarella
-Creamed	cottage	do not freeze
-Cheddar,	Edam,
Gouda, Swiss,
Brick, etc.		6 to 8 weeks

lIce cream, ice milk 8.

	sherbet						2 months
Eggs							12	months
l	Whole		(mixed)
l	Whites						12	months
l	Yolks						12	months
NOTE: Add sugar or salt
to yolks or whole mixed
eggs.
Baked goods
l	Brown		‘N Serve		rolls		3 months
	(baked)
l	Cakes		(frosted)			8 to	12	months
l	Cakes		(unfrosted)			2 to 4 months
l	Cookies			(baked)		8 to	12 months
l	Cookie		dough				3 months
l	Fruit	cakes					12	months
l	Pies	(baked)				1 to 2 months
l	Pies	dough				4 to 6 months
l	Quick		breads			2 to 3 months
l	Unbaked			breads			1 months
l	Yeast		breads 8		rolls		3 months

*Salting meat shortens freezer life. **Freezing can change texture of cheese.

Based on U.S.D.A. and Michigan Cooperative Extension Service suggested storage times.

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