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