Packing frozen food
To prevent food from losing its flavour or drying out, place food in airtight
packaging.
1. Place food in packaging.
2. Remove air.
3. Seal the wrapping.
4. Label packaging with contents and dates of freezing.
Suitable packaging:
Plastic film, tubular film made of polyethylene, aluminium foil.
These products are available from specialist outlets.
Recommended storage times of frozen food in the freezer
These times vary depending on the type of food. The food that you freeze can
be preserved from 1 to 12 months (minimum at -18°C).
Food
Bacon, casseroles, milk
Bread, ice cream, sausages, pies, prepared shellfish, oily fish
Non-oily fish, shellfish, pizza, scones and muffins
Ham, cakes, biscuits, beef and lamb chops, poultry pieces
Butter, vegetables (blanched), eggs whole and yolks, cooked
crayfish, minced meat (raw), pork (raw)
Fruit (dry or in syrup), egg whites, beef (raw), whole chicken,
lamb (raw), fruit cakes
Never forget:
•
When you freeze fresh foods with a 'use by/best before/best by/' date, you
must freeze them before this date expires.
•
Check that the food was not already frozen. Indeed, frozen food that has
thawed completely must not be refrozen.
•
Once defrosted, food should be consumed quickly.
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Storage time
1 month
2 months
3 months
4 months
6 months
12 months
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