Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It?

RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By Jensen (Guest Post) A quote from another article on the subject titled... Is It Safe to Refreeze Raw Meat and Poultry that Has Thawed? by Alice Henneman, MS, RD, UNL Extension in Lancaster County The U. S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) advises, "Meat and poultry defrosted in the refrigerator may be refrozen before or after cooking. If thawed by other methods, cook before refreezing." (Basics for Handling Food Safely, September 8, 2006). (DO NOT thaw meat at room temperature, such as on the kitchen counter.) Meat/poultry that is refrozen might suffer some quality loss as moisture may be lost during thawing. Safety will depend on whether the raw product was handled properly before it was frozen, refrozen shortly after it was thawed, cooked to a safe temperature when it is eaten and handled safely if there are any leftovers. Posted on 11/10/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By Matt Boersma (Guest Post) I work at a butchter shop and a lot of the time meat comes in frozen. As for like pork and beef which is made into sausages/hamburger/patties you have to thaw is enough to work through the grinder which in turn you mix spices into and make the product. You then freeze those sausages/hamburger/patties for customers. When you go to cook it you in turn thaw it out or as I do, put it on the grill frozen. A lot of people who hunt their own venison will get it in fresh/frozen(depends if it is really cold outside) and in turn we put it in the cooler to thaw. You then cut it and freeze it. Many months later people will bring in left-over meet to be put into sausages. You then must thaw it and work it into the grinder and freeze it again. Then to actually eat it you have to thaw it again to cook it. Think about it...if the meat smells bad and looks green(I don't know of any green eggs and ham to be in existence) don't eat haha. Thats the general rule of life isn't it? Posted on 09/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By Perry (Guest Post) It's perfectly ok to freeze meat again. As a cook, the staff and I did this all the time. Bacteria does form when thawed, but when you freeze the meat again, it freezes the bactera too. When you thaw it out again, it goes back to where it was before. The texture may be affected a little bit, but that is about it. Posted on 09/19/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By cal (Guest Post) I heard it's safe to refreeze. People used to assume you can't at all, because in the army a guy put "do not allow to thaw" on boxes of meat, but it was just so people wouldn't take them out of the freezer to make room for other things. Eventually it caught on that it was for health reasons, and my mom always thought the same thing. Posted on 06/01/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By (Guest Post) NO! NEVER REFREEZE! Bacteria go in hibernation, and just happily keep going after thawing, and the cells of the meat burst because there made out of 70/90% water, which expands. So it's probably already as dry as...you name it. Make Sure you cook as soon as it's thawed. Posted on 04/27/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By eighttrackin (Guest Post) If the meat was allowed to thaw on the counter or in the microwave, it sounds like there is a concern about bacteria. What happens if the meat is frozen with bacteria? Does the bacteria continue to grow? Doesn't all bacteria die if the meat is cooked properly? Posted on 12/30/2007 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By Brendan (Guest Post) As far as I know its okay to refreeze meats so long as they haven't been in a warm environment for long periods of time, thus, allowing bacteria to grow and multiply to dangerous levels. If you're interested at all I recommend this wesbite for further info. http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Focus_On_Freezing/index.asp Posted on 04/20/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By Pam819 (16) Contact Gee, Thanks guys for the information. I wish I knew this a few years back when we had a snow storm and electric was out for 4 days and everything in freezer thawed. I could have refroze it, instead of having porkchops for breakfast. LOL. Like I said, I was always told once thawed you can't refreeze unless you cook it. But, if I understand as long as it's still cold you can refreeze raw meat, right? OK thanks again. Pam Posted on 04/07/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By (Guest Post) I concur, you can re-freeze meat as long as you have thawed it the correct way. In the fridge and not on the counter or microwave. If it has been more than 2 days since thawing, I would use it right away, because then (if was frozen again) and you it took 2 days to thaw, it might get dicey. Posted on 04/06/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By Lucille Gifford (Guest Post) I was under the impression that raw meat which had been frozen can be refrozen if cooked. Posted on 04/06/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By carolb (86) Profile Contact A butcher friend of ours says it's o.k. to re-freeze meat. I've done it many times since he told us this, and we've never encountered any problems at all! Posted on 04/06/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse RE: Freezing Meat - How Many Times Can You Freeze It? By bunnysnore (16) Contact Hi Pam- I think as long as the meat doesn't get to room temp, which allows bacteria to develop, freezing is no problem. I've done that many times and had no problems. You should be fine. Suzanne Posted on 04/06/2005 | Report Spam or Abuse

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