How Long Should You Keep Items in the Freezer

Translated from "L'Armoire aux Conserves" by Marie-Françoise Delarozière & Elisabeth Pistre:

1. Fruits in sugar or syrup: 1 year
2. Fruits without added sugar, stewed fruits/compotes & butters: 6 months
3. Homemade ice cream: 3 months
4. Commercial ice cream: 1 year
5. Milk and dairy products: 3 months
6. Vegetables: nearly 1 year, except for onions: 3 months
7. Bread: 1 or 2 months
8. Fresh aromatic herbs: 3 months
9. White fish: 6 months
10. Fatty fish: 3 months
11. Shellfish: 3 months
12. Raw meat: 3 to 9 months, depending on thickness
13. Cooked meat: 2 to 3 months
14. Rabbit, fowl and game: 6 months
15. Chicken: 9 months
16. Giblets, ground meat and sausages: 1 or 2 months