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Annex

ANNEX 3

TABLE 2. Practical storage life of meat and meat products

Products                           Practical storage life in months

Beef carcass                       -18 °C  -25 °C          -30 °C
Roasts, steaks, packaged
Ground meat, packaged, (unsalted)  12 18                   24
Veal carcass
Roasts, chops                      12 18                   24
Lamb carcass
Roasts, chops                      10 >12 >12
Pork carcass
Roasts, chops                      9 12 24
Ground sausage
Bacon (green, unsmoked)            9 10-12 12
Lard
Poultry, chicken and turkeys,      9 12 24
eviscerated, well packaged
Fried chicken                      10 12                   24
Offal, edible
                                   6 12 15

                                   6 12 15

                                   6 10

                                   2-4 6                   12

                                   9 12 12

                                   12 24                   24

                                   6 9 12
                                   4

From: Manual on meat cold storage operation and management. Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy (1991).

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