Maines Meat City
Poultry
You'll find a wide selection of poultry at MaineSource - available in bulk 40 lb. boxes, family size 10 lb. bags and smaller 1 lb. packs. No matter what quantity of poultry you purchase at MaineSource, you can be assured of quality, freshness and food safety.
Safe Handling
- Wash hands, cutting board, utensils, and work surface with hot, soapy water before and after handling raw and cooked poultry.
- Keep raw poultry in the refrigerator (40 °F). Cook within 1 to 2 days, or freeze it.
- Keep frozen poultry in the freezer (0 °F). Cook promptly after thawing. Thaw in the refrigerator; in cold water, changing the water every 30 minutes; or in a microwave oven.
- Keep cooked poultry in the refrigerator. Use within 4 days, or freeze it.
- Completely cook poultry at one time. Never partially cook, then store and finish cooking later.
- Whole birds should be stuffed just before cooking. Mix dry ingredients with other ingredients (for example, margarine, onion, and broth) just before stuffing the bird. Remove stuffing from the bird immediately after cooking. Store stuffing separately in the refrigerator.
- When serving poultry, never leave it out of the refrigerator more than 2 hours.
- Put cooked poultry on a clean plate, never on a plate that held raw poultry and had not yet been thoroughly washed.
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