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Clean and defrost your appliance regularly.
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Keep raw meat and poultry below cooked food and dairy products.
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Take off any unusable leaves on vegetables and wipe off any soil
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Wrap cheese firstly in greaseproof paper
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Wrap raw meat and poultry loosely in polythene or aluminium foil
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Wrap fish and offal in polythene bags
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Wrap food which have a strong odour in polythene bags, aluminium foil
or place in an airtight container
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Wrap bread well to keep it fresh
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Keep food for as short a time as possible and adhere to "Best Before”
“Use by" etc. dates
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Store commercially frozen food in accordance with the instructions given
on the packets that you buy
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Wrap frozen food when you buy it and put it in to the freezer as soon as
possible
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Prepare fresh food for freezing in small portions to ensure rapid freezing
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Don't store bananas or melon in your fridge compartment
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Don't store poisonous, flammable or dangerous substances in your
appliance
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Don't consume food which has been stored for an excessive time in the
fridge
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Don't leave the door open for long periods as this will make the appliance
more costly to run and cause excessive ice formation
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Don't put hot food into the appliance
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Don't put liquid-filled bottles or sealed cans containing carbonated liquids
into the freezer as they may burst
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Don't exceed the maximum freezing loads (4 kg in any 24 hours) when
freezing fresh food
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