IT PAYS TO: @ Cool quickly before packaging. @ Package in meal-size portions. @ Leave headspace for expansion of wet-pack fruits, vegetables and cooked foods. | @ Exclude as much air as possible when closing packages for freezing. @ Fasten closings securely. @ Label fully including name of product, variety, method of prepara- tion, i.e. whole, sliced, peeled, etc., and also the date before which food must be used, e.g. ‘“Use before October 25, 1959.’ @ Keep a record of freezer contents. @ Never re-freeze thawed foods.