I have been an idiot

[candyfloss3]

I bought a lot of frozen party food this morning and brought it home, then filled the deep freeze in our fridge freezer that is set at - 18 degrees. I saw that there’s a ‘fast freeze’ button so I pressed that to give the freezer temperature a bit of a boost to ensure the frozen food I had bought would chill down quickly. But when I checked the temperature 2 hours later, it read -30 degrees! I then belatedly read the instructions for this button and apparently it’s used for freezing fresh food. I immediately switched it off. The freezer temperature is slowly increasing. Can you tell me if the frozen food is still safe to eat as it will have been deep frozen then just frozen at - 18 degrees..?

It won’t have come to any harm from being colder for a time. There’s a chance the quality will be slightly degraded but I doubt it

Thank you for your reassurance, really appreciated.

The danger with frozen food is if you defrost it then refreeze as bringing the temperature up multiple times allows the proliferation of bacteria. Your stuff will be fine.

Not a problem

It'll be fine

Thank you for the replies. I will heat it and serve it with confidence... having learned about that fast freeze button...