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Care, Cleaning & Maintenance
Independently Verify
Temperature
Frequently verify the temperature of cheese/
chili sauce independently by: (1) removing the bag
from the dispenser (following the IMPORTANT
SAFEGUARDS & WARNINGS), (2) opening the
disposable Valve (with clean hands), and (3)
quickly inserting a sterilized thermometer into the
sauce while it remains in the bag. Gehl’s cheese/
chili sauces are designed to cool quickly outside
the bag so reading the temperature of the sauce
outside the bag will yield inaccurate results.
Refrigerate Sauce for
up to 5 Days
Opened bags of cheese/chili sauce may be
refrigerated if tightly sealed, safely cooled, and
safely refrigerated, for up to 5 days.
Use Cold Sauce Only
After Safely Warming
the Bag in a Hot-
Water Bath
Do not use refrigerated (or cold) cheese/chili
sauces in this dispenser without first safely
heating the bag of sauce in a hot-water bath
(to 165°F (73.8°C) within two hours or hotter and
more quickly if required by your applicable laws
and regulations), ensuring that no water can
enter the Spout or Valve. This dispenser cannot
heat cold items hot enough or quickly enough to
maintain food safety.
Warm from
Refrigeration No More
Than Once
For best flavor and consistency, do not heat sauce
from refrigeration more than once.
Store Sauce Bags
Below 90°F (32.2°C)
and Never Freeze
For best flavor and consistency, unopened bags of
Gehl’s cheese/chili sauce should be stored in their
original box below 90°F (32.2°C), but never frozen.
Use Sauce within its
Shelf Life
Unopened bags of Gehl’s cheese/chili sauce that
have been properly stored typically have a shelf
life that is 15 months from the date of manufacture.
Check your bag of sauce for its best-by date, and
do not use sauce past its shelf life.