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COLD STORAGE

These short but safe time limits will help keep refrigerated food from spoiling or becoming dangerous to eat, and will keep frozen food at top quality.

ProductKindRefrigerator (40°F)Freezer (0°F)
EggsFresh in shell
Raw yolks, whites
Hard-cooked
Liquid pasteurized eggs
or egg substitutes,
opened carton
unopened carton
3 weeks
2-4 days
1 week
3 days
10 days
Don’t freeze
1 year
Don’t freeze
Don’t freeze
1 year
Deli and
Vacuum-
Packed
Products
Store-prepared (or home
made) egg, chicken, tuna,
ham, macaroni salads
Store-cooked
convenience meals
3-5 days
1-2 clays
These products
don’t freeze
well
Soups
and Stews
Vegetable or
meat added
3-4 days2-3 months
Hamburger,
Ground, and
Stew Mea
ts
Hamburger and stew meats
Ground turkey, veal,
pork, lamb
1-2 days
1-2 day
3-4 months
3-4 months
Hot Dogs
and
Lunch Mea
ts
Hot dogs,
opened package
unopened package
Lunch meats,
opened package
unopened package
1 week
2 weeks
3-5 days
2 weeks
In freezer wrap,
1 -2 months
Bacon
and
Sausa
ge
Bacon Sausage, raw from pork,
beef, turkey Smoked breakfast links, patties Hard sausage, pepperoni, jerky sticks
1 week
1-2 days
1 week
2-3 weeks
1 month
1-2 months
1-2 months
1-2 months
Ham,
Corned Bee
f
Corned beef in a pouch with
pickling juices
Ham, cooked whole
Ham, cooked half or slices
5-7 days
1 week
3-4 days
Drained,
wrapped
1 month
‘1-2 months
1-2 months
Fresh MeatSteaks, beef
Chops, pork
Chops, lamb
Roasts, beef
Roasts, iamb
Roasts, pork, and veal
3-5 days
3-5 days
3-5 days
3-5 days
3-5 days
3-5 days
8-12 months
4-6 months
6-9 months
6-12 months
6-9 months
4-6 months
Meat
Leftover
s
Cooked meat and
meat dishes
Gravy and meat broth
3-4 days
1-2 days
2-3 months
2-3 months
Fresh
Poultr
y
Chicken or turkey, whole
Chicken or turkey pieces
1-2 days
1-2 days
1 year
9 months
Cooked
Poultry,
Leftov
er
Fried chicken, plain pieces
Cooked poultry dishes
Pieces covered with
broth, gravy
3-4 days
3-4 days
1-2 days
4 months
4-6 months
6 months

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