Fresh Chicken

• Do not keep fresh chicken in the chill fridge for more that 3 days or after expiry date. It must be frozen or cooked by the expiry date!
• Do not leave fresh chicken sitting in the sun in your car or in the boot for too long after purchasing.
• In hot weather use an insulated bag or coolbox for transporting chicken home
• Keep chicken away from strong smelling items such as cleaning agents, petrol, blitz, etc.

• Keep frozen until use - never refreeze thawed out chicken - rather cook it first and then freeze
• Remove the neck and giblets packet from inside a whole chicken before cooking

• Chicken should stand for no longer than 1 hour at room temperature after cooking - then it must go into your fridge
• Cooked chicken can be frozen for 2 weeks - thereafter it will dry out
• It is okay to reheat frozen cooked chicken - but not more than once and always until piping hot
• Never mix cooked chicken with raw chicken
• Left over cooked chicken can be kept in a suitable container in your chill fridge for not more than 2 days.

Information supplied by (A1 Hyper Chickens)