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Storing food in your refrigerator
Precooked foods and leftovers
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Ensure cooked foods are stored in suitable covered containers, this will prevent foods from
drying out.
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Keep for only 1–2days.
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Reheat leftovers only once and until steaming hot.
Red meats
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Ensure raw and cooked foods are stored in separate air tight containers to prevent cross
contamination from the loss of raw meat juices.
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Ensure delicatessen meats are consumed within the recommended storage time. These can be
stored in the slim storage bin if you want to keep separate.
Poultry
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Keep whole poultry or poultry pieces in the original packaging until just before use.
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We recommend placing the packaged poultry in a dish and storing on the bottom shelf of your
refrigerator to prevent any potential spills from contaminating other foods.
– Whole poultry or poultry pieces should only be stuffed right before cooking. Preparation in
advance may result in food poisoning.
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Ensure stuffing is removed from cooked poultry, and both are sufficiently cooled then covered
before storing in the refrigerator.
Fish and seafood
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Whole fish and fillets are ideally consumed on the day of purchase. Ensure they are stored
in suitable covered containers or packaging, this will prevent foods from drying out and
transferring odours.
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If storing overnight or longer, ensure whole fish is cleaned and dried before covering and
storing, preferably on a bed of ice, in your refrigerator.
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Ensure fish fillets and other seafood are treated the same way.
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Keep shellfish chilled at all times and consume within 1–2 days.
Fruit and vegetables
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Not all fruit and vegetables are suitable for prolonged refrigeration storage at temperatures
below 5°C (41°F).
– Undesirable physical and chemical changes will result from low temperature storage, such as
loss of rigidity, browning, increased rate of deterioration and potential loss of flavour.
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Try to store fruit and vegetables separately, as each emit different ethylene levels – the cause
ofripening.
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Ensure fruits are not washed before storage, this increases the rate of deterioration.
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Ensure vegetables are sorted and damaged parts are discarded.
Beverages
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Ensure beverages are stored tightly on the door shelves of the refrigerator. This prevents the
bottles from tipping or falling out when the refrigerator door is opened. Otherwise use bottle
holders to store beverages on the shelves.
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The door shelves are held by support lugs and are fully adjustable to suit your storage
requirements.
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