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Recommended food storage times (refrigerator)
Major Food Groups
Maximum Storage Time Food
How and where to store
Vegetables and fruits 1 week
Vegetable bin
Meat and fish 2 - 3 days
Wrap in plastic foil, bags or in a meat
container and store on the glass shelf.
Fresh Cheese 3 - 4 days
On the designated door shelf.
Butter and margarine 1 week
On the designated door shelf.
Bottled products e.g.
milk and yogurt
Until the expiry date recommended by the
producer
On the designated door shelf.
Eggs 1 month
On the designated door shelf.
Cooked food 2 days
All shelves
Meat and Fish
Preparation
Maximum storage time (months)
Steak Wrap in foil
6 - 8
Lamb meat Wrap in foil
6 - 8
Veal roast Wrap in foil
6 - 8
Veal cubes Store in small pieces
6 - 8
Lamb cubes Store In pieces
4 - 8
Minced meat Store in packaging without using spices.
1 - 3
Giblets (pieces) Store in pieces
1 - 3
Bologna sausage/
salami
Should be kept packaged even if it has a
membrane
1 - 3
Chicken and turkey Wrap in foil
4 - 6
Goose and duck Wrap in foil
4 - 6
Deer, rabbit, wild boar Store in 2.5 kg portions or as fillets
6 - 8
Fresh water fish
(Salmon, Carp, Crane,
Catfish)
After cleaning the bowels and scales of
the fish, wash and dry it. If necessary,
remove the tail and head.
2
Lean fish (Bass,
Turbot, Flounder)
4
Fatty fishes (Tuna,
Mackerel, Bluefish,
Anchovy)
2 - 4
Shelfish Clean and store in a bag
4 - 6
Caviar
Store in its packaging or in an aluminium
or plastic container.
2 - 3
Snails
Store in salty water or in an aluminium or
plastic container.
3
Thawed frozen meat should be cooked as fresh meat. If the meat is not cooked after defrosting,
it must not be refrozen.
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