Frozen meat use within 1 month?

curiouscrafter

Hello, I am hoping you may be able to help me, today I have been meal planning and making a list of things in the freezer and I have found some minced pork and chicken fillets that I brought and froze in May, the packet says use within month, is this just a general guideline or should I throw the meat away?

Thank you in advance

rosieben

it will be fine for months, honestly, don't throw it away!

we have a thread about Frozen Food Safety Misconceptions

there are some interesting links, particularly to the USDA site in the first post and in post #14 to the netmums site with information from Birds Eye.

spike7451

I've got meat in my freezer well over a month old which I've used & hasn't done me any harm.In fact,the duck I had for Christmas dinner was bought the Christmas before on a buy one get one free offer at my local farm butchers,same with the Pheasent & I'm still here.
Go for it,it wont hurt you unless it's been defrosted & refrozen.

bargainbetty

If you are in any doubt, defrost it having removed any plastic packaging. Then sniff it. If it smells off, you'll know it

It's usually fine for several months, although you might get a bit if freezer burn on it - I generally use anything like that for stews or casseroles, as the slow cooking removes any toughness.

Best wishes

ixia

It's just a gudeline I am sure it will be fine as long as it smells ok I'd eat it.

curiouscrafter

thank you all for your replies, I am going to defrost the chicken over night tonight and use for a chicken curry in the slow cooker, again thank you all

shoei

We have always eaten meet that has been in the freezer years!!! My Grandparents used to have a flock of sheep and when they retired I am sure we were eating their lamb out of the deep freeze 5 years later.....

Flibsey

we had some slightly freezer burnt beef tonight in stew. loooovely.