PRODUCT | STORAGE PERIOD | ||
---|---|---|---|
In
Refrigerator 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) |
In
Freezer 0 F (-18 C) |
||
Fresh
Meat: Beef: Ground Steaks and roasts |
1-2 days 3-5 days |
3-4 months 6-12 months |
|
Pork:
Chops Ground Roasts |
3-5 days 1-2 days 3-5 days |
4-6 months 3-4 months 4-6 months |
|
Cured
meats: Lunch meat Sausage |
3-5 days 1-2 days |
1-2 months 1-2 months |
|
Gravy | 1-2 days | 2-3 months | |
Fish: lean (such as cod, flounder, haddock) fatty (such as blue, perch, salmon) |
1-2 days 1-2 days |
up to 6 months 2-3 months |
|
Chicken:
whole parts giblets |
1-2
days 1-2 days 1-2 days |
12
months 9 months 3-4 months |
|
Dairy Products: |
3-4 weeks 5 days - |
* 1 month 2-4 months |
|
Eggs:
fresh in shell hard-boiled |
3 weeks 1 week |
- - |
|
*
Cheese can be frozen, but freezing
will affect the texture and taste.
(Sources: Food Marketing Institute for fish and dairy products, USDA for all other foods.) |
Publication No. (FDA) 00-2244
Source: Excerpted from FDA Consumer - The Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Preventing Foodborne Illness, Jan.-Feb. 1991; Revised Dec. 1997, Feb. 1999, Oct. 1999, and June 2000