Descon, Inc. ================== COLD STORAGE CHART ================== Product / Refrigerator (41°F) / Freezer (0°F) --------------------------------------------- EGGS ---- Fresh, in shell / 3 to 5 weeks / Doesn’t freeze Raw yolks, white / 2 to 1 days / 1 year Hardcooked / 1 week / Doesn’t freeze well Liquid pasteurized eggs or egg substitutes, opened / 3 days / Doesn’t freeze well unopened / 10 days / 1 year MAYONNAISE ---------- Commercial (refrigerate after opening) / 2 months / Doesn’t freeze DELI & VACUUM-PACKED PRODUCTS ----------------------------- Store prepared (or homemade) egg, chicken, ham, tuna, and macaroni salad / 3 to 5 days / Doesn’t freeze well HOT DOGS & LUNCHEON MEATS ------------------------- Hot dogs, opened package / 1 week / 1 to 2 months unopened package / 2 weeks / 1 to 2 months BACON & SAUSAGE --------------- Bacon / 7 days / 1 month Sausage – raw from chicken, turkey, pork, and beef / 1 to 2 days / 1 to 2 months Smoked breakfast links and patties / 7 days / 1 to 2 months Hard sausage - pepperoni and jerky sticks / 2 to 3 weeks / 1 to 2 months Summer sausage - labeled "keep refrigerated" opened / 3 weeks / 1 to 2 months unopened / 3 months / 1 to 2 months HAM --- Ham, canned - labeled "keep refrigerated" opened / 3 to 5 days / 1 to 2 months unopened / 6 to 9 months / Doesn't freeze Ham, fully cooked vacuum sealed at plant, dated, unopened / "Use by" date on package / 1 to 2 months HAMBURGER, GROUND BEEF & STEW MEAT ---------------------------------- Hamburger and stew meat / 1 to 2 days / 3 to 4 months Ground turkey, veal, pork, lamb and mixtures of them / 1 to 2 days / 3 to 4 months FRESH BEEF, VEAL, LAMB & PORK ----------------------------- Steaks / 3 to 5 days / 6 to 12 months Chops / 3 to 5 days / 4 to 6 months Roasts / 3 to 5 days / 4 to 12 months Pre-stuffed, uncooked pork chops, lamb chops, and chicken breast stuffed with dressing / 1 day / Doesn't freeze well SOUPS & STEWS ------------- Vegetable or meat added / 3 to 4 days / 2 to 3 months MEAT LEFTOVERS -------------- Cooked meat and meat casseroles / 3 to 4 days / 2 to 3 months Gravy and meat broth / 1 to 2 days / 2 to 3 months FRESH POULTRY ------------- Chicken and turkey, pieces / 1 to 2 days / 9 months COOKED POULTRY -------------- Fried chicken / 3 to 4 days / 4 months Cooked poultry casseroles / 3 to 4 days / 4 to 6 months Pieces, plain / 3 to 4 days / 4 months Pieces, covered with broth or gravy / 1 to 2 days / 6 months Chicken nuggets and patties / 1 to 2 days / 1 to 3 months PIZZA ----- Pizza / 3 to 4 days / 1 to 2 months STUFFING -------- Stuffing - cooked / 3 to 4 days / 1 month BEVERAGES, FRUIT ---------------- Juice in cartons, fruit drinks, and punch / 3 weeks unopened, 7 to 10 days opened / 8 to 12 months DAIRY ----- Butter / 1 to 3 months / 6 to 9 months Buttermilk / 7 to 14 days / 3 months Cheese, Hard (such as / 6 months, unopened / 6 months Cheddar, Swiss) / 3 to 4 weeks, opened Cheese, Soft (such as Brie, Bel Paese) / 1 week / 6 months Cottage cheese, Ricotta / 1 week / Doesn't freeze well Cream cheese / 2 weeks / Doesn't freeze well Cream - Whipped, ultrapasteurized / 1 month / Doesn't freeze Cream - Whipped, sweetened / 1 day / 1 to 2 months Cream - Aerosol can, real whipped cream / 3 to 4 weeks / Doesn't freeze Cream - Aerosol can, non dairy topping / 3 months / Doesn't freeze Cream, Half and Half / 3 to 4 days / 4 months Margarine / 4 to 5 months / 12 months Milk / 7 days / 3 months Pudding / Package date; 2 days after opening / Doesn't freeze Sour Cream / 7 to 21 days / Doesn't freeze Yogurt / 7 to 14 days / 1 to 2 months DOUGH ----- Tube cans of rolls, biscuits, pizza dough, etc. / "Use by" date / 2 months Ready-to-bake pie crust / "Use by" date / 2 months Cookie dough / "Use by" date, unopened or opened / 2 months ----------------------------------------------------------- Descon, Inc. 877-337-2661 http://www.desconinc.com mailto:sales@desconinc.com