PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator capable of achieving bacteria reduction effect even on wrapped food products.SOLUTION: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment for storing cooled objects, cooling means for cooling the inside of the storage compartment, and a control device 7 for controlling the cooling means and implementing a first process and a second process. The first process is a process for freezing the cooled object stored in the storage compartment by controlling the cooling means by the control device 7 so that a temperature in the storage compartment reaches a temperature lower than a freezing point of the cooled object, and the second process is a process started after the termination of the first process, for melting the cooled object stored in the storage compartment by controlling the cooling means by the cooling device 7 so that the temperature in the storage compartment reaches a temperature higher than the freezing point of the cooled object.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】包装された食品においても菌の低減効果を得ることができる冷蔵庫を提供すること。【解決手段】冷蔵庫は、被冷却物を保存する貯蔵室と、貯蔵室内を冷却する冷却手段と、冷却手段を制御して、第一工程および第二工程を実施する制御装置7と、を備え、第一工程は、貯蔵室内の温度が被冷却物の凍結点よりも低い温度となるように制御装置7が冷却手段を制御して貯蔵室に保存される被冷却物を凍結させる工程であり、第二工程は、第一工程の終了の後に開始され、貯蔵室内の温度が被冷却物の凍結点よりも高い温度となるように制御装置7が冷却手段を制御して貯蔵室に保存される被冷却物を融解させる工程である。【選択図】図6
