Keep Those Frozen Foods Fresh! A few simple rules.

 

 

What's so great about frozen foods? They're ready when you need them, and when you don't need them, they stay in suspended animation, safely in your freezer. Here's how to keep it that way:

• Return home promptly with frozen foods, and place in the freezer.
• Maintain proper freezer temperature -- no higher than 0° F. Use a refrigerator/freezer thermometer to verify setting.
• Rotate and clearly date your frozen foods -- first in, first out.
• Arrange the contents of your freezer in an orderly way. Store baked goods in one section, meat and fish in another, etc.

 

 

• Thaw with care, preferably at refrigerated temperatures less than 40°F., less ideally under running water no warmer than 70°F.
• Do not refreeze thawed frozen foods, for safety and quality reasons.
• Keep your freezer clean to prevent transfer of off-tastes and odors.
• Have sufficient storage space so that refrigerated air can circulate around the food.