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The look I got trying to explain why I can't bag raw meat with produce
I had a customer in Denver last Tuesday get genuinely angry at me for refusing to bag their raw chicken thighs with their strawberries, and it made me wonder how many people just never think about cross contamination until after they get sick.
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the_holly15d ago
Oh wow, that's wild. I actually think there's another layer to this whole thing that nobody's really talking about - how grocery stores set up their bagging stations. Like @danielb43 said, it's such a basic thing, but what about the people who can't reach the produce bags because they're in a wheelchair or have a kid in the cart, so they just grab whatever's closest? I've seen stores put meat bags in a separate roll near the butcher section, but my local one just has one big pile of bags by the exit, so everyone's grabbing the same ones. Makes me wonder if the design of the store itself is setting people up to fail, you know?
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keithbennett15d ago
Friend of mine got sick from chicken juice mixing with her apples. Felt terrible.
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danielb4315d ago
Oh man, that's insane. People really don't get it until they've dealt with it firsthand, like getting sick from something dumb they could have avoided. I always tell folks it only takes one time for raw chicken juice to soak through a bag and into your fruit, and then you're hugging the toilet for two days, you know? Rule of thumb I've learned the hard way: keep raw meat and poultry in their own separate bag, even if you have to ask for an extra one at checkout. And throw those bags in the trash as soon as you unload, don't reuse them for anything else (I've seen people try to use them for trash and it's just gross). Honestly, it's one of those things that sounds like common sense but nobody stops to think about until it's too late.
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