WENDY KNOWLER | Stage 6 load-shedding has changed the cold chain maintenance game
Food safety expert and microbiologist Prof Lucia Anelich says open fridges with fresh meat in them being off during long spells of load-shedding is “an absolute no-no” from a food safety perspective.
25 December 2022 - 14:35
Is your supermarket making sure its refrigerated and frozen foods don’t drop to dangerously low temperatures during load-shedding blackouts of more than four hours? Now is not the time to make assumptions. The lights on the fridge may be on, but that doesn’t mean the cold air is pumping...
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