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MAFF
Reheating Cooked Chilled Foods
Displayed on the food packages will be the cooking times for each of the
BAND categories. For example: A may be 10 minutes. B may be 9 minutes
etc depending on the food type.
When applying this method for reheating cooked chilled food stuffs, the
following information must be adhered to:
1 The microwave oven must be set at maximum power level. (refer to
instructions)
2 Refer to the cooking instructions given on the packaging.
3 As with all cooked food, check for evenness of cooking and ensure that
foods are piping hot, prior to consumption.
This microwave oven has been tested and labeled to the Ministry of
Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF) agreement, concerning the reheating
of cooked chilled food.
The heating characteristics and output power levels of microwave ovens are
usually calculated using a 1000 gram load, (IEC 60705). However, at
smaller loads the heating characteristics of the microwave oven change.
Most prepacked food normally falls into this category, usually being packed
in smaller individual portions of approx. 350 grams. Therefore, it was clear
that a new approach for reheating this type of food was required.
MAFF working in partnership with the food companies and microwave oven
manufacturers such as ‘LG electronics’ have overcome this problem by the
introduction of heating categories.
Because you may not yet be familiar with this system, we have used the
following explanation as an example. However, please refer to the actual
rating as printed on the oven door.
Denotes the microwave
oven output power.
This category links with the
heating times given on food.
Three wavy
lines denotes
oven tested in
compliance
with the
agreement.
