14F freezer is good enough
Have been having these doubts for some time, 0F/-18C "recommended" by FDA and similar Canadian health authority, while my meat and fish remain quite hard and I am still alive with freezer temps rangin...
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My point was - for practical purposes you don't need to have 0F in the freezer, and often you don't have it, by the freezer design.
A weekend camper doesn't even need a freezer, 40F fridge is enough. Here is from FDA. Fresh meat at 40F: 3-5 days, poultry and fish: 1-2 days. FDA doesn't specify what kind of meat, but recommended storage time is the same as poor fellows in India have established for buffalo meat.
As to the freezing, according to FDA, those recommended 0F storage times are for quality only, because at this temperature food remains safe indefinitely. When you are not going to store food indefinitely, you don't need 0F. It's nice when you can have it, but you don't need to.
A weekend camper doesn't even need a freezer, 40F fridge is enough. Here is from FDA. Fresh meat at 40F: 3-5 days, poultry and fish: 1-2 days. FDA doesn't specify what kind of meat, but recommended storage time is the same as poor fellows in India have established for buffalo meat.
As to the freezing, according to FDA, those recommended 0F storage times are for quality only, because at this temperature food remains safe indefinitely. When you are not going to store food indefinitely, you don't need 0F. It's nice when you can have it, but you don't need to.
