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Seafood

• It's always best to cook fresh seafood within 2 days of purchase
• For fish that is purchased frozen, it is recommended that it be used within 2 months.
• Store thawed or fresh seafood in the coldest part of the refrigerator, use leftovers within 1 or 2 days.
• Do not freeze whole ungutted fish; avoid or discard clams, mussels and oysters with cracked, chipped or broken shells.
• Cook thoroughly. Do not eat raw or partially cooked seafood.