When you fill your shopping trolley at the supermarket, each product starts a new life.
As soon as you remove a chilled or frozen product from the shelf, the race against it warming up begins: the trolley, the car boot and the refrigerator are the 3 stages of this race where a few safety rules should apply.
You have bought variety and chosen quality ? It's now up to you to make sure that the chill chain is not broken. From the shop to home, shopping is only finished once the products are tidied away!

THE EXPERT :

Our health depends on the quality, balance and variety of our everyday diet, but also on the safety of the products we eat. Chilled foods (yoghurt and cheese, meat, fish, vegetables, fruit and fruit juice) are living foods. Germs and bacteria can develop in them and poison us if storage conditions are poor.

• During transport between the shops and home, it is vital not to break the chill chain for chilled and frozen foods.
• At home, the refrigerator should be clean and at the right temperature:
• No more than 2 to 3 °C in the coldest compartment for meat, fish and pre-cooked dishes
• 4 to 6 °C in the intermediate zone where you put dairy foods, yoghurt, fromage frais, cakes and crudités
• 8 to 10°C in the vegetable compartment.
• Do not overload the shelves and store food individually wrapped in cling film or foil.
• Remove the original packaging of fresh produce such as cut meat and package it in cling film or foil.
• Remember to wash your hands before handling food!
• Remove any over-packaging on yoghurt packs or sodas, taking care not to damage the products!
• Frozen food should be moved as fast as possible from the cool bag to the freezer.
• Finally, do not keep foods that the family has not had time to eat between two visits to the supermarket: the longer you keep them, the more you risk!

ON YOUR MARKS !

On your marks, the products go from the shelf to the trolley, get set, from the trolley to the car boot, go, from the car to the fridge…

1/ From the shelf to the trolley

With Yoplait, it's easier to choose a balanced diet and adopt good habits

• You buy dairy products, meat, fish, not forgetting fruit and vegetables to vary your meals, well done!
  It's the secret of balance.
• You buy chilled and frozen products last, after all the others, good!
  A good way to reduce risks.
• You read the labels to check the ingredients and use-by dates, a great reflex!
  An excellent way to control.
• You choose your frozen food before opening the cabinet that protects them, a good idea!
  It's safer for everyone.
• You protect your frozen food in cool bags and hurry home, an excellent habit!
  The best way to avoid breaking the chill chain.
• You sort your shopping in the trolley, separating chilled and frozen products from room temperature products, you're doing well!
  It will be easier to tidy it away without making a mistake.

2/ In the car

After having left the shop, you now are in charge of keeping fragile products safe during the journey.

• Once the shopping is in the boot, the children would like to walk around before going home, you refuse: you did the right thing!
  The faster the shopping is tidied, the fewer the risks.
• When the weather is fine, you hurry even more: you're quite right!
  Heat is a danger for food safety.

3/ At home

Shopping is only finished when everything has been tidied away.

• You wash your hands before tidying away chilled products, good idea!
• You clean your fridge every month, it's ideal!
• Each food family has its place in the fridge according to the temperature it needs for good storage, a good precaution!
• You regularly check the temperature in the fridge and freezer, so much the better!