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Cold Food Storage Chart
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Cold Food Storage Chart |
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| Baked Products | Breads - coffee cakes, muffins, quick breads and yeast breads |
5 - 7 days | 2 - 3 months |
| . | Cakes- unfrosted and frosted | 3 - 5 days | Unfrosted - 3 - 4 months Frosted - 2 - 3 months |
| . | Cheesecakes- baked | 3 - 5 days | 4 - 5 months |
| . | Cookies- baked | Only if stated in recipe. | Unfrosted - no longer than 12 months Frosted - no longer than 3 months. |
| . | Pies- unbaked or baked fruit pies, baked pecan and baked pumpkin pies |
Baked pumpkin pies, 3 - 5 days. Store fresh fruit pies and baked pecan pies loosely covered at room temperature no longer than 3 days. |
Unbaked fruit pies- 2 - 3 months Baked fruit pies - 3 - 4 months. |
| . | Pie Shells-unbaked or baked | Store in freezer. | Unbaked shells - no longer than 2 months. Baked shells - no longer than 4 months. |
| Dairy Products | Cheese- cottage and ricotta | 1 - 10 days | Not recommended |
| . | Cheese-cream | No longer than 2 weeks | No longer than 2 months |
| . | Cheese- hard | 3 - 4 weeks | 6 - 8 weeks |
| . | Ice Cream, Sorbet and Frozen Yogurt |
Freeze only. | 2 - 4 months |
| Milk Products | Buttermilk | No longer than 1 week | Not recommended |
| . | Cream, half and half, and whipping |
No longer than 5 days | Not recommended |
| . | Cream, whipped | 1 or 2 days | Not recommended |
| . | Regular milk, whole, 2%,1% and skim |
No longer than 5 days | No longer than 1 month |
| . | Sour Cream | No longer than 1 week | Not recommended |
| . | Yogurt | No longer than 3 weeks | No longer than 1 month |
| Eggs | Raw - whole in shell | 3 weeks | Not recommended |
| . | Raw - yolks, whites | 2 - 4 days | No longer than 12 months. |
| . | Cooked - whole in shell | 1 week | Not recommended |
| . | Cooked - yolks, whites | 1 week | Not recommended |
| Fats and Oils | Butter | No longer than 2 weeks | No longer than 2 months |
| . | Margarine and Spread | No longer than 1 month | No longer than 2 months |
| . | Mayonnaise and Salad Dressing |
No longer than 6 months | Not recommended |
| Meats | Uncooked-chops | 3 - 5 days | 4 - 6 months |
| . | Uncooked-Ground | 1 - 2 days | 3 - 4 months |
| . | Uncooked-roasts and steaks | 3 - 5 days | 6 - 12 months |
| . | Cooked-processed - cold cuts | Opened - 3 - 5 days Unopened - 2 weeks |
Not recommended |
| . | Cooked-processed- cured bacon | 5 - 7 days | no longer than 1 month |
| . | Cooked-processed- hot dogs | Opened - 1 week days Unopened- 2 weeks |
1 - 2 months |
| . | Cooked-processed- ham | Canned - unopened - 6 - 9 months | Not recommended |
| . | Cooked-processed- ham | Whole or half - 5 - 7 days | 1 - 2 months |
| . | Cooked-processed- ham | Slices - 3 - 4 days | 1 - 2 months |
| Poultry | Uncooked-Whole -Including game birds, ducks and geese |
1 - 2 days | No longer than 12 months |
| . | Uncooked-Cut up | 1 - 2 days | No longer than 9 months |
| . | Uncooked-Giblets | 1 - 2 days | No longer than 3 months |
| . | Cooked | 3 - 4 days | 4 months |
| Seafood | Fin Fish Uncooked fatty fish. | 1 - 2 days | 2 - 3 months |
| . | Fin Fish Uncooked lean fish. | 1 - 2 days | 4 - 6 months |
| . | Fin Fish Cooked and breaded. | Store in freezer | 2 - 3 months |
| . | Shell Fish Uncooked | 1 - 2 days | 3 - 4 months |
| . | Shell Fish Cooked | 3 - 4 days | 1 - 2 months |
