HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Raw food and cooked food should be stored separately in the fridge. Bacteria from raw food can contaminate cold cooked food, and the bacteria can multiply to dangerous levels if the food is not cooked thoroughly again. Always store raw food in sealed or covered containers at the bottom of the fridge.

Detailed explanation-2: -Raw meat, poultry, and fish must be stored below prepared or ready-to-eat food if stored in the same refrigerator.

Detailed explanation-3: -Where should raw meat be stored in a refrigerator? The recommended place to store raw meat in a fridge is the bottom shelf. Ideally, it should be stored in a sealed container or plastic bag so that it won’t contaminate any of the other ingredients in the fridge and ensure that all the food is safe to eat.

Detailed explanation-4: -To avoid any possibility of cross-contamination of cooked foods with raw foods in your fridge, it is important to always store raw meat, fish and poultry on the bottom shelf of your fridge, with cooked foods stored above them.

Detailed explanation-5: -If a perishable food (such as meat or poultry) has been left out at room temperature overnight (more than two hours) it may not be safe. Discard it, even though it may look and smell good. Never taste a food to see if it is spoiled. Use a food thermometer to verify temperatures.