Bartscher 400M, Instruction Manual

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General safety instructions
1. Clean your hands, utensils and work surfaces used to cut and vacuum pack foods.
2. If possible, wear gloves to handle the food.
3. Use only fresh food for vacuum packaging.
4. Immediately preserve perishable foods vacuum packed in the refrigerator or freezer
and do not leave them too long at room temperature.
5. Distribute vacuum packed packages uniformly in the refrigerator or freezer to allow
them to freeze quickly.
6. Packed foods must in any case be consumed within the date of expiration carried on
the original packaging of the product.
7. Vacuum packaging prolongs preservation of dried fruits. Foods with a high fat
content can go rancid quickly if exposed to oxygen and heat. Vacuum packaging
also increases the preservation time of nuts, coconut flakes and cereals. Keep them
in a cool place away from sources of light.
8. Vacuum packaging will not lengthen the time of preservation of fruit and vegetables,
such as bananas, apples, potatoes or other vegetables unless they are peeled
before being vacuum sealed.
9. Some vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage, emit gas when
vacuum packaged fresh. This is why these foods must be parboiled before being
packed and frozen.
10. To repack vacuum packed food after it has been removed from vacuum packaging,
follow the instructions for preservation in the refrigerator after opening and for
keeping vacuum packed food safely.
11. Consume perishable foods immediately after they have been heated, defrosted or
removed from the refrigerator. Do not consume foods that were left for several
hours in the open air, especially if they were cooked in a thick sauce and kept in a
vacuum bag or another air-free environment.
12. Pre-freeze soft and delicate products the night before (fish, berries, etc.). Once they
have been pre-frozen, they can be vacuum packed and placed in the freezer.
ATTENTION!
Vacuum packaging does not substitute deep-freezing or freezing.
Perishable foods must be frozen before being vacuumed packed, they must be
cold after vacuum packaging and frozen.