Meat belongs in the refrigerator, of course.
Especially when it's fresh.
However, many make a mistake that can quickly make you sick.
Proper meat storage is namely crucial.
Meat spoils quickly if stored incorrectly in the
refrigerator
.
Refrigerators
are bacteria hotspots, so special care is required.
Rotten
meat
leads to food poisoning, which can quickly become dangerous.
Offenbach - 600 million people around the world develop
food poisoning
every year
.
According to the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (
BfR
), around 100,000 diseases are reported annually
in Germany, the number of
unreported cases is probably much higher.
Bacteria in
particular
cause
food poisoning
.
Even if most illnesses show only mild symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea and nausea, the danger posed by
bacteria
should not be underestimated.
Food poisoning
can be
fatal,
especially for people with previous illnesses
.
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If you don't store meat properly in the refrigerator, you can get really sick.
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Salmonella infections are the most common.
The microorganisms especially feel good on raw
foods
.
Of course, a clean
refrigerator
is essential to
avoiding bacterial growth.
This of course also includes defrosting the refrigerator regularly.
Often our food comes into our kitchens already contaminated.
Correct storage is particularly important to prevent
bacteria
from
multiplying
on our
meat
.
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The main thing is to stay cool.
Cold is also important in the fight against food infections.
Maintain the cold chain for the products and store food ideally at 2-5 ° C in the refrigerator.
Meat and fish are best kept in the coldest compartment.
Usually this is above the vegetable compartment.
When grilling, picnicking or at garden parties, the following also applies: keep easily perishable food in a cool place, otherwise the party will be unplanned for you. Just keep cool.
Lower temperatures are also important to avoid food infections.
Best case scenario: Maintain the cooling chain for the products and store food, preferably at 2-5 ° C in the refrigerator.
Meat and fish are best kept in the coldest compartment.
This is usually located above the vegetable compartment.
During barbecues, picnics or garden parties, be cautious to cool perishable food, otherwise the party will cause you to get an upset stomach.
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Bacteria multiply everywhere - even in the refrigerator
It
goes without saying
that
meat
should be kept cool.
However, it is not always the same cold in our refrigerators.
If the
refrigerator
is set correctly, the temperature should be between +2 ° C and a maximum of +5 ° C according to the BfR.
The following rule of thumb applies: the deeper the compartment in the
refrigerator
, the cooler it is.
Raw and animal
foods
such as
meat
, poultry, fish or eggs are particularly at risk of spoilage.
To prevent this, they should be kept as low as possible.
But be careful: you should really only keep fruit and vegetables in the vegetable compartment in the refrigerator, never
meat
.
Even if that is usually the deepest compartment of a
refrigerator
.
The reason:
bacteria
like the moisture that can form in this compartment and multiply even faster.
The most important tips for storing meat at a glance:
1. Pay attention to basic kitchen hygiene, especially in the
refrigerator
.
2.
Store
perishable
foods
such as
meat
as cool as possible so that
bacteria can
multiply slowly.
3. Closed containers prevent cross-contamination of the
food
.
4.
Meat
is best kept on the glass plate above the vegetable compartment.
But there is another danger lurking in our
refrigerators
: the transmission of
bacteria
to
food
among each other.
This can lead to what is known as cross-contamination.
For example, if
bacteria get
from raw
meat
on other
foods
that are consumed unprocessed, the risk of infection increases immensely.
This risk can be reduced
by keeping containers closed in the
refrigerator
.
Never put meat in the refrigerator in the vegetable drawer: the risk of food poisoning increases
The safest place to store
meat
is usually the glass plate directly above the vegetable compartment.
It is cold enough here
to slow down
the reproduction of
bacteria
as
much
as possible.
In addition, meat juice cannot
drip
onto other
foods
and contaminate them.
Some modern refrigerators also have a special
“meat
compartment
”
or “0 ° C compartment”, which is ideal for storing
meat
.
(By Sebastian Richter)
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