{"id":2537,"date":"2010-09-08T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T00:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2013-08-20T21:27:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T21:27:24","slug":"food-safety-begins-at-the-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/b\/food-safety-begins-at-the-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Safety Begins At The Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether I am making a quick trip to pick up a few dinner ingredients . . . or tackling a week\u2019s worth of grocery shopping all at once, there are a few steps that I need to follow to ensure the food I bring home will arrive safely. And I know that those steps begin at the store.<\/p>\n<p>When I am at the store I follow some simple guidelines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>Select cold foods LAST<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Read the label for expiration and sell by dates<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Check the packaging for tears and leaks<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Inspect fresh produce<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Place meat, poultry, and seafood in sperate plastic bags<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Seperate foods in the grocery cart and the checkout lane to prevent possibility of cross contamination<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once I have the groceries packed for the drive home, there are some easy timing tips that I need to follow to continue to maintain their safety.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go straight home \u2013 I always make the grocery store my last stop if I am running errands. The key to keeping food safe is to refrigerate them within 2 hours.<\/li>\n<li>Do a weather check \u2013 When the outside temperature reaches 90\u02daF, you should refrigerate your purchased perishables more quickly \u2013 within 1 hour.<\/li>\n<li>If your grocery store is more than half an hour away from home, bring a cooler when you go shopping. Pack perishables in a cooler for the drive home.<\/li>\n<li>When you get home, unload your groceries right away to keep them safe, and refrigerate or freeze all perishables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As an experiment I decided to purchase a pound of hamburger and kept track of the temperature to see just how quickly it would warm up in the store, check out lane, car, and on a trip to do some errands.\u00a0 Below is a chart that plots the temperature of the meat and the time it took it to jump into the temperature danger zone.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2565\" style=\"margin: 1px 11px; border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"100_2432\" alt=\"100_2432\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/100_24322-300x225.jpg\" width=\"287\" height=\"227\" \/><\/p>\n<table border=\"2\" frame=\"border\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>12:00<\/td>\n<td>36\u00b0F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12:30<\/td>\n<td>47\u00b0F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12:40<\/td>\n<td>54\u00b0F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1:00<\/td>\n<td>60\u00b0F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1:45<\/td>\n<td>67\u00b0F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>After doing this little experiment, and seeing how quickly the temperature of the meat rose, it helps reinforce why I follow the above tips when shopping for food for my family to make sure I keep it as safe as possible. And I hope you have found the tips helpful too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether I am making a quick trip to pick up a few dinner ingredients . . . or tackling a week\u2019s worth of grocery shopping all at once, there are a few steps that I need to follow to ensure the food I bring home will arrive safely. And I know that those steps begin at the store. 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