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Freezing foods/storing frozen foods

WARNING
Danger of explosion!
Improper handling of the appliance
may lead to an explosion.
■ Do not store explosive substances or
spray cans with fl ammable propel-
lants inside the appliance, as they
may cause ignitable gas-air mixtures
to explode.
CAUTION
Health hazard!
Incorrect handling, insuffi cient cool-
ing or overlapping items can spoil the
stored food. This could lead to a risk of
food poisoning when consumed!
■ In particular, pack raw meat and fi sh
carefully to ensure that adjacent
food cannot be contaminated by sal-
monella or similar bacteria.
■ Two-star compartments are suitable
for storing pre-frozen food, storing
or making ice-cream and making ice
cubes.
■ One-, two- and three-star compart-
ments are not suitable for the freez-
ing of fresh food.
■ Abide by the storage times recom-
mended by food manufacturers.
■ Note that the shelf life of the frozen
food may be shortened due to a rise
in the temperature inside the appli-
ance (from defrosting, cleaning or
power failure).
■ In case of prolonged power failure or
malfunction of the appliance, remove
the stored frozen food from the appli-
ance and store it in a suffi ciently cool
place or in another refrigerating ap-
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pliance. The maximum storage time
in the event of a fault can be found
on the type plate of the appliance.
■ After a malfunction, check wheth-
er the stored food is still edible. Con-
sume thawed and defrosted foods
immediately, do not refreeze.
Risk of injury!
Improper handling of the appliance
may result in injury. Risk of burns caused
by low temperatures.
■ The food and the inside walls of the
freezer have a very low temperature.
Never touch them with wet hands.
This can cause injury to the skin. Skin
damage can occur even with dry skin.
■ Let ice cubes or ice lollies thaw a lit-
tle before eating, do not put into your
mouth straight from the freezer.
If there is not enough space on or If there is not enough space on or
under the glass shelf in the freezer under the glass shelf in the freezer
compartment, you can remove the shelf. compartment, you can remove the shelf.
If there is not enough space within the draw- If there is not enough space within the draw-
ers of the fridge, you can remove the drawers. ers of the fridge, you can remove the drawers.
• Follow the instructions in this chapter to
store your food over the longest possible
time in the best possible way.

Freezing food

Freezing means reducing the core tempera-
ture of fresh, room-temperature food to fro-
zen as quickly as possible – for best results
'flash-frozen'. If not cooled quickly enough,
the food will be 'killed by frost', i.e. the struc-
ture will be destroyed. A constant storage
temperature of -18 °C is needed to maintain
the food's consistency, taste and nutritional
value.