Am I allowed to store milk in this part of the freezer?

[WanaBaba]

Hi, I have a fridge freezer and the freezer part has an ice cube tray then right under a fast freeze department that has some sort of fan on the back of it then a few drawers underneath. Well the fast freeze part was the only empty part so I've been storing milk here but now a little worried, will it be ok?

 

[purplecupcake]

Yes, for 2 weeks max.

https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/recommendations/handling_breastmilk.htm

 

[WanaBaba]

Yes, for 2 weeks max.

https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/recommendations/handling_breastmilk.htm

Oh crap. I put it there in August

ETA.. Just looked at the link and it says two weeks for a freezer that is inside of a fridge, is this the part you were referring to? Cos my freezer is underneath the fridge with a seperate door. But in the fast freeze compartment. Sorry I didn't make it very clear I should have read back on my post!

 

[shinona]

If it's a separate freezer as you say then it will be fine for much longer than two weeks. Is it not 6 months? Let me go and check.
Are you worried it might be too cold? Xx

 

[shinona]

Definitely 6 months:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/expressing-storing-breast-milk.aspx#close

You can buy a wee thermometer for the freezer to check the temperature. Might be useful. I froze my milk to donate last time and had to check the temperature each day with one of these.

Xx

 

[WanaBaba]

Yeah I'm worried it might be Too cold or that it might have froze too quickly in the fast freeze part? :/