Storing Food And Making Ice Cubes; General Advices - Dometic RM 8400 Mode D'emploi

5.7

Storing food and making ice cubes

CAUTION
5.7.2 Special safety notices
Instructions for storing food in a refrigerator:
No refrigerator of any kind can improve the quality of the food; refrigerators can only maintain the food's quality for a
short duration as from the time of storing it.
Please observe the following particular conditions for storing food in a refrigerator that is built into a vehicle:
- A change in the climatic conditions such as temperature fluctuations.
- High temperatures inside the vehicle when it is closed and parked in direct sunlight (temperatures are possible up
to 50°C).
- Use of the refrigerator during travel with the power supply of 12V DC.
- A refrigerator built in behind a window and exposed to direct sunlight.
- Storing the goods too soon, i.e. shortly after switching the device on for use.
Under these particular conditions the refrigerator cannot guarantee having the temperature needed for perishables.
Perishables include: all products with a stipulated use-by date and a minimum storage temperature of +4°C or less,
especially for meat, poultry, fish, sausages, pre-packed foods.
Instructions
- Pack raw and cooked foods separately (e.g. in containers, aluminium foil, etc..)
- Only remove the outside packaging of single packs if all the necessary information, e.g. the use-by date, can also
be read on the single packs.
- Do not leave cooled goods outside the refrigerator for too long.
- Place the foods with the next use-by date at the front, accordingly.
- Pack away any left-over food and eat at the first opportunity.
- Wash your hands before and after handling any food.
- Clean the inside of the refrigerator at regular intervals.
Information :
Please observe the instructions and information regarding the use-by date on the outside packaging of the food.
Please observe section 5.1 "Cleaning" of this instruction.

5.7.1 General advices

Switch the refrigerator on approx. 12 hours
before filling it.
Always store pre-cooled foods in the refrige-
rator. Make sure that the food is well cooled
when it is bought and also when transporting
it. Use insulated cooling bags.
Open the refrigerator door only for a short
period of time when removing goods.
Foods must be packed - best of all in closed
containers, wrapped in aluminium foil or simi-
lar - and stored separately from each other,
in order to prevent drying out or odours.
Allow foods that have been warmed up to
cool down before storing.
Avoid storing products in the refrigerator that
could emit volatile flammable gases.
Do not expose the refrigerator to direct sun
light. Please bear in mind that the temperatu-
re inside a closed vehicle increases sharply if
exposed to sunlight and that this can reduce
the efficiency of the refrigerator.
Assure that air circulation of the cooling unit is
not obstructed. Keep the ventilation grills free
from obstructions.
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