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Kitchen Charts > Cold Storage Life of Foods
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Cold Storage Life of Foods
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Food |
Refrigerator 4°C (40°F) |
Freezer -18°C (0°F) |
| Bacon |
7 days |
1 months |
| Bread, biscuits, rolls, muffins |
14 days |
5 - 6 months |
| Butter, margarine |
7 - 30 days |
6 - 8 months |
| Casseroles, frozen |
Keep frozen until ready to heat |
4 months |
| Cheese, hard |
3 - 9 months |
1 - 2 years |
| Cheese, soft |
7 - 14 days |
12 months |
| Chicken, fresh - giblets |
1 - 2 days |
3 - 4 months |
| Chicken, fresh - parts |
1 - 2 days |
9 months |
| Chicken, fresh - whole |
1 - 2 days |
1 year |
| Chicken, fried |
3 - 4 days |
4 months |
| Chicken nuggets |
1 - 2 days |
1 - 3 months |
| Chicken patties |
1 - 2 days |
1 - 3 months |
| Chops |
3 - 5 days |
4 - 6 months |
| Corned beef in pouch with pickling juices |
5 - 7 days |
Drained, 1 month |
| Deli and vacuum-packed products |
3 - 5 days |
Do not freeze well |
| Eggs - fresh, in shell |
3 weeks |
Do not freeze |
| Eggs - raw yokes, whites |
2 - 4 days |
1 year |
| Fish, cooked |
3 - 4 days |
12 months |
| Fish, fresh |
1 - 2 days |
12 months |
| Fruit, cooked |
4 - 5 days |
12 months |
| Fruit, frozen |
7 days |
12 months |
| Fruit, soft-skinned |
13 - 14 days |
12 months |
| Fruit, firm or hard-skinned |
1 - 3 months |
12 months |
| Gravy and meat broth |
1 - 2 days |
3 - 4 months |
| Ground lamb, pork, turkey, veal and
mixtures of them |
1 - 2 days |
3 - 4 months |
| Ham, canned, opened |
3 - 5 days |
1 - 2 months |
| Ham, canned, unopened |
6 - 9 months |
Do not freeze |
| Ham, fully cooked, half |
3 - 5 days |
1 - 2 months |
| Ham, fully cooked, slices |
3 - 4 days |
1 - 2 months |
| Ham, fully cooked, whole |
7 days |
1 - 2 months |
| Ham, fully cooked half |
3 - 5 days |
1 - 2 months |
| Ham, fully cooked slices |
3 - 4 days |
1 - 2 months |
| Ham, fully cooked whole |
7 days |
1 - 2 months |
| Hamburger |
1 - 2 days |
3 - 4 months |
| Hot dogs, opened package |
1 week |
1 - 2 months |
| Hot dogs, unopened package |
2 weeks |
1 - 2 months |
| Juices, fruit and vegetables, fresh, frozen |
5 - 6 days |
12 months |
| Lunch meat, opened package |
1 week |
1 - 2 months |
| Lunch meat, unopened package |
2 weeks |
1 - 2 months |
| Mayonnaise, commercial |
2 months after opening |
Do not freeze |
| Poultry, cooked pieces, covered with broth
or gravy |
1 - 2 days |
6 months |
| Poultry, cooked pieces, plain |
3 - 4 days |
4 months |
| Poultry dishes, cooked |
3 - 4 days |
4 - 6 months |
| Pre-stuffed pork or lamb chops, chicken
breasts stuffed w/dressing |
3 - 4 days |
Do not freeze well |
| Roasts |
3 - 5 days |
4 - 12 months |
| Sausage, raw from pork, beef, chicken or
turkey |
1 - 2 days |
1 - 2 months |
| Smoked breakfast links, patties |
7 days |
1 - 2 months |
| Soups and stews - vegetable or meat |
3 - 4 days |
2 - 3 months |
| Steaks, fresh |
3 - 5 days |
6 - 12 months |
| Stew meats |
1 - 2 days |
3 - 4 months |
| Summer sausage, opened package |
3 weeks |
1 - 2 months |
| Summer sausage, unopened package |
3 months |
1 - 2 months |
| Turkey, fresh - giblets |
1 - 2 days |
3 - 4 months |
| Turkey, fresh - parts |
1 - 2 days |
9 months |
| Turkey, fresh - whole |
1 - 2 days |
1 year |
| TV dinners |
Keep frozen until ready to heat |
4 months |
| Variety meats (tongue, kidneys, liver,
heart, chitterlings) |
1 - 2 days |
3 - 4 months |
| Vegetables, cooked |
4 - 5 days |
12 months |
| Vegetables, frozen |
7 days |
12 months |
| Vegetables, soft-skinned |
13 - 14 days |
12 months |
| Vegetables, firm or hard-skinned |
1 - 3 months |
12 months |
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