Expiration Dates???
Nariman Nasef
in freezer right away after a buy it, does freezing increase expiration
date so it can stay longer or what effect does it have exactly??
thanx
Carl D. Goldin
There are quite a few variables, but in general if you freeze something, the
"expiration date" becomes meaningless, and is replaced by one dependent on
the type of food being frozen.
For example, let's say you purchased something today with an expiration date
of 2/20/2000.
-Firstly, that is the last date the product may be legally sold, but usually
the product may be safely consumed for some time after the "expiration
date".
-Secondly, you can probably freeze the product for several month, and still
use it. There are charts in most freezer owner's guides, many cookbooks,
and various online sources which provide tables of recommended maximum
freezing times for various foods. Here is one source:
http://www.foodsafety.org/freezing.htm.
-However, once frozen food is thawed, it should be used immediately. In
other words, if there was one week remaining on the "expiration date" when
you froze it, you DO NOT have one week to safely consume it after thaw it
out.
-Just as with canned goods, if frozen foods show signs of deterioration,
spoilage, or contamination, they should be discarded.
JonquilJan
a very high dose of 'preservatives' in them and will last and last and
last - both frozen and not frozen. (Common joke is that no one can figure
out the shelf life of Twinkies because the shelf keeps wearing out)
Expiration dates are often just the way the business protects itself.
Check with your county Cooperative Extension office. They do have the
answers to all sorts of questions about food, preserving, gardening,
animals, etc. And it's free. Lots of free and low cost literature as well.
Jonquiljan
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Nariman Nasef <Nari...@corel.com> wrote in message
news:38A6C11C...@corel.com...
> Does anyone have an idea if something expires after 3 days and i put it
> in freezer right away after a buy it, does freezing increase expiration
> date so it can stay longer or what effect does it have exactly??
> thanx
>
DMiddl4204
it wont improve bad produce or food - if thawed it will aaccelerate the
deterioation a little...
Dreamer
<cdgo...@theriver.com> wrote in a burst of mangled electrons:
>"Nariman Nasef" <Nari...@corel.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have an idea if something expires after 3 days and i put it in
>freezer right away after a buy it, does freezing increase expiration date so
>it can stay longer or what effect does it have exactly??
>
>There are quite a few variables, but in general if you freeze something, the
>"expiration date" becomes meaningless, and is replaced by one dependent on
>the type of food being frozen.
>
>For example, let's say you purchased something today with an expiration date
>of 2/20/2000.
>
>-Firstly, that is the last date the product may be legally sold, but usually
>the product may be safely consumed for some time after the "expiration
>date".
>
>-Secondly, you can probably freeze the product for several month, and still
>use it. There are charts in most freezer owner's guides, many cookbooks,
>and various online sources which provide tables of recommended maximum
>freezing times for various foods. Here is one source:
>http://www.foodsafety.org/freezing.htm.
>
>-However, once frozen food is thawed, it should be used immediately. In
>other words, if there was one week remaining on the "expiration date" when
>you froze it, you DO NOT have one week to safely consume it after thaw it
>out.
>
>-Just as with canned goods, if frozen foods show signs of deterioration,
>spoilage, or contamination, they should be discarded.
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Dreamer
wrote in a burst of mangled electrons:
>Depends on what the 'something' is. many of the foods purchased today have
>a very high dose of 'preservatives' in them and will last and last and
>last - both frozen and not frozen. (Common joke is that no one can figure
>out the shelf life of Twinkies because the shelf keeps wearing out)
>
>Expiration dates are often just the way the business protects itself.
>
>Check with your county Cooperative Extension office. They do have the
>answers to all sorts of questions about food, preserving, gardening,
>animals, etc. And it's free. Lots of free and low cost literature as well.
>
>Jonquiljan
>
>Learn something new every day
>As long as you are learning, you are living
>When you stop learning, you start dying
>Nariman Nasef <Nari...@corel.com> wrote in message
>news:38A6C11C...@corel.com...
>> Does anyone have an idea if something expires after 3 days and i put it
>> in freezer right away after a buy it, does freezing increase expiration
>> date so it can stay longer or what effect does it have exactly??
>> thanx