{"id":22917,"date":"2014-09-07T21:55:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T20:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/?p=22917"},"modified":"2018-07-02T13:54:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:54:33","slug":"are-you-refrigerating-your-food-correctly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/are-you-refrigerating-your-food-correctly\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you refrigerating your food correctly?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Where-to-store-food-in-your-refrigerator.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22918\" src=\"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Where-to-store-food-in-your-refrigerator-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"Where to store food in your refrigerator\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Where-to-store-food-in-your-refrigerator-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Where-to-store-food-in-your-refrigerator-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Where-to-store-food-in-your-refrigerator.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone has completed a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate course during college or employment. So, this infographic from ao.com is actually useful.<\/p>\n<p>AO.com looked at how people use their fridges and the problems arising from incorrect use.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest problems uncovered in the study were found to be:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Holding on to a fridge that is over 10 years old<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Not cleaning the fridge frequently enough<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overfilling the fridge<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keeping the fridge at the wrong temperature (above 5 \u00b0C)<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Storing the wrong foods in the fridge<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Putting foods fit for refrigeration in the wrong part of the fridge<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Keeping leftovers in the fridge for too long<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Putting hot foods in the fridge before they\u2019ve cooled<\/p>\n<p>Spokeperson for\u00a0ao.com, Yossi Erdman said: \u201cWhen you know that at ideal temperatures some food poisoning bugs can multiply every 10 minutes, it\u2019s scary to think that people are still putting warm food in the fridge. If you do the maths, this means that in just under two hours one thousand germs can become one million germs.\u00a0 That is why it is important to keep foods that need to be chilled in a fully functioning refrigerator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s astonishing to think that despite the humble refrigerator having undergone a huge transformation over the last decade &#8211; becoming more energy efficient, utilising new technologies to keep foods fresher for longer and boasting features, such as antibacterial wall linings to prevent the formation of bacteria &#8211; over half of UK households are proudly hanging onto fridges that are over a decade old.\u00a0 This is not only putting their health at risk but it\u2019s also got to be costing them money in terms of food waste and energy consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not everyone has completed a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate course during college or employment. 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