Tips for storing fresh fish, crab meat, crustaceans and molluscs.
- Cover all seafood with plastic wrap before refrigerating to prevent drying.
- Frozen crab meat must be defrosted under refrigeration immediately before use.
- Scale, clean and gut fish. Clean and rinse squid, cuttlefish, and octopus.
- Live molluscs (such as mussels) should be consumed as soon as possible after purchase. Before cooking, discard any shells that are open and do not close when tapped or gently squeezed.
- Crustaceans (such as prawns) should be consumed as soon as possible after purchase.
- For all seafood, always store in the coldest part of the fridge and use within two days.
