Berkel 17074-0 Instructions Sur Le Fonctionnement page 46

In order to optimise the preservation of foods and ensure perfect hygiene, a number of important rules must
be followed:
• Make sure you wash your hands thoroughly and clean all the implements and surfaces you will be using
to cut and vacuum pack the food.
• If possible, wear gloves when handling the food.
• Once perishable food has been packed, place it in the fridge or freeze it immediately, maintaining a
constant fridge or freezer temperature. Do not leave the food for a long time at room temperature.
• Place the containers of vacuum packed food carefully in the fridge or freezer so that the food will cool
rapidly to a low temperature.
• After opening tinned food or food that has been factory vacuum packed, it can be vacuum packed again.
Follow the instructions to cool the food after opening and put it away as soon as it has been vacuum
packed.
• Pre-packed foods must in any case be consumed by the use-by date shown on the original package.
• Once you have warmed up or defrosted perishable food, it must be eaten. Do not eat perishable food if
it has been left at room temperature for many hours. This is especially important if the food has been
prepared with a dense sauce, in a vacuum pack or in other low-oxygen content environments.
• Do not defrost food in boiling water or using other heat sources, unless the food in question is liquid
(soups, juices, etc.).
• Vacuum packing extends the life of dried food. Food which has a high fat content becomes rancid due
to oxygen and heat. Vacuum packing extends the life of food like nuts, coconuts, or cereal products.
Store in a cool, dark place.
• Vacuum packing will not extend the life of fruit and vegetables such as bananas, apples, potatoes and
several vegetables, unless it has been peeled prior to vacuum packing.
• Soft foods and food with a delicate structure (like fish, berries, etc.) must be pre-frozen for one night
before they can be vacuum packed and placed in the freezer.
• Vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage give off gas when they are vacuum packed fresh for
storage in the freezer. To prepare these foods for vacuum packing, heat and freeze them.
• To ensure correct and safe vacuum packing, use only original bags, containers and accessories.
Given the constant technological progress being made in this sector, Van Berkel International S.r.l reserves the
right to make technical and functional changes to the product without prior notice.
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