Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

au froid négatif

English translation:

stored (at a temperature) below 0°C

Added to glossary by Paula Price
Sep 15, 2004 14:15
19 yrs ago
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French term

au froid négatif

French to English Science Food & Drink
Les plats témoins doivent être réalisés à chaque service, identifiés de la date du service et conservés une semaine après le jour de consommation du repas, au froid
négatif (ou positif, sur exigence écrite de la part des services officiels).

(food hygiene)

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French term (edited): au froid n�gatif
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stored (at a temperature) below 0°C

...would be one way of possibly working it neatly into your sentence, given that food storgae instructions frequently say things like "store between +4 and +8°C", for example
Peer comment(s):

agree Josephine Billet : yes, you always hear "store below zero"..
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Thanks, Josephine!
agree GILLES MEUNIER
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Merci, Gilles !
agree Isla MONTREUIL : absolutely
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agree Richard Benham
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Thanks, Richard!
agree Attila Piróth
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Thanks, Attila!
agree Moushira El-Mogy
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agree Michele Fauble
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French term (edited): au froid n�gatif

subzero cold

froid negatif = below zero = subzero
Peer comment(s):

agree Richard Benham
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French term (edited): au froid n�gatif

below freezing temperatures / keep well refrigerated

anything really...
Peer comment(s):

disagree Tony M : NOT just 'anything', in this formal food hygiene context! 'well refrigerated' is just too chatty and imprecise, and 'freezing temperatures' could be ambiguous [temperatures for freezing, i.e. much colder...]
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French term (edited): au froid n�gatif

deep frozen, in deep freeze storage

As opposed to mere refrigerated storage.

<<deep freeze store - Cold room maintained at a temp. substantially lower than the freezing point of its contents.

<<refrigerated store - Cold room maintained at a temp. higher than the f.p. of its contents>>

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