13
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Milk bottles should have a cap on them and be stored on the
bottle shelf that sits in the door.
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Garlic, potatoes, onions and bananas should only be
stored in a refrigerator IF they are stored in airtight
containers.
Recommended food storage times in the refrigerator
Food item
Recommended storage time (days)
Butter 7
Eggs 10
Meat: Fresh uncut
Chopped
Smoked
2
1
10
Fish 1
Marinade 10
Root 8
Cheese 4
Sweets 2
Fruit 2
Prepared dishes
2
Arranging and storing food in your **** freezer
compartment
Freezing fresh foods
o
Carefully select the food you intend to freeze. It should be of
adequate quality and suitable for freezing.
o
Use the correct packaging and wrap it right. The packaging
should be air tight and should not leak as this could cause
substantial vitamin loss and dehydration of foods. Foils and bags
should be soft enough to tightly wrap around the foods.
o
Clearly mark packages with the kind and amount of foods and
the date of freezing.
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It is most important that the food is frozen as quickly as
possible. Therefore it is recommended that the size of the
package is not too large and the food is cooled before loading it
into the freezer.
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The amount of fresh foods that can be loaded in the freezer
within 24 hours is 2 kg. If the loaded amount is too large, the
quality of freezing is reduced which affects the quality of the
frozen foods.
