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FOOD STORAGE CHART
Storage time will vary according to the quality of the food, the type of packaging or wrap used (moisture and
vapour proof), and the storage temperature (which should be -18°C).
FOODSTUFF AND STORAGE TIME
DAIRY PRODUCTS
PASTRY AND BREAD
Fruit
Concentrated fruit juice
12 months
Fruit (in general)
8 to 12 months
Citrus fruit and fresh fruit
juice
4 to 6 months
Vegetables
Commercially frozen
8 months
Home frozen
8 to 12 months
Meat
Sausages
4 weeks or less
Hamburgers
1 month
Beef, veal, lamb
2 to 3 months
Roasts
Beef
6 to 12 months
Lamb and veal
6 to 12 months
Pork
4 to 8 months
Fresh sausages
1 to 2 months
Steaks and chops
Beef
8 to 12 months
Lamb, veal, pork
2 to 4 months
Fish
Cod, flounder, sole
6 months
Salmon
2 to 3 months
Mackerel, perch
2 to 3 months
Dressed fish (purchased)
3 months
Clams, oysters
3 to 4 months
Boiled fish, crabs
3 to 4 months
Raw prawns
12 months
Poultry
Chicken or turkey (whole or
parts)
12 months
Duck and goose
6 months
Offal
2 to 3 months
Poultry cooked in a sauce
6 months
Sliced meat (no sauce)
1 month
Stews
Meat, poultry, and fish
2 to 3 months
Butter
6 to 9 months
Margarine 12
months
Cheese
Camembert, mozzarella,
spreading cheese
3 months
Cream cheeses
do not freeze
Brie, Emmenthal, Swiss
cheese, etc.
(freezing may affect cheese
texture)
6 to 8 months
Ice cream, fruit juices, milk
12 months
Eggs
(Add sugar or salt to yolks or
whole beaten eggs)
Whole (beaten), whites, yolks
12 months
Leavened bread and rolls
3 months
Unbaked bread
1 month
Croissants
3 months
Cakes (not iced)
2 to 4 months
Cakes (iced) and biscuits
6 to 12 months
Fruit pies
12 months
Biscuit pastry
3 months
Pie pastry
4 to 6 months