NewsIf you want to buy vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, milk, detergents and other necessities, you just need to go to the supermarket and you can solve all your problems. But you know what? Supermarkets are a big source of bacteria, and before you know it, you can bring invisible bacteria home. Recently, the United States "MSN Health" website published an article to teach you how to avoid bacteria in the supermarket.
Proper use of shopping baskets and shopping carts. Since the trolleys in most stores are used very frequently, they are constantly rotated in the hands of customers all day and night, and there is no time to take care of cleaning and disinfection work. The data shows that the detection rate of mold at the bottom of supermarket shopping baskets can reach 69%, coliform bacteria at 51%, and mold at the bottom of trolleys at 37%. In supermarket open shopping, once a customer's hands are contaminated with bacteria on the trolley, the picking process may be transferred to the food. It is recommended to go to the supermarket and bring a pack of disinfectant wipes, you can wipe it with wet wipes before using the shopping cart, do not let the child sit in the trolley, and do not put cooked food at the bottom.
Raw meat, frozen food last to buy. In general, in supermarkets, fresh food, meat and daily necessities will be strictly separated, so that customers can buy frozen and fresh goods later. But in life, many people don't pay attention to the order of shopping, go to the meat section to buy first, and then buy something else. Due to the high temperature in the supermarket, fresh food can grow bacteria after thawing, and it can also contaminate shopping baskets and form cross-infection.
Eat less cooked food for free tasting. Most cooked food is placed outside without any covering, and customers can reach out and pick it up, and people who process cooked food do not wear masks, which have become unsafe factors for cooked food. The Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention once conducted an inspection on some supermarkets and found that among the 32 varieties of cooked food samples, the total number of colonies and coliform bacteria in 21 samples exceeded the requirements of the national standard, and the failure rate was as high as 84%. It is recommended not to try free cooked food, and the cooked food you buy should be cooked, sterilized, and eaten within 2 hours before eating. Cooked food that is left overnight or refrigerated must be heated before consumption to reach a core temperature of more than 80°C.
Take the shelves to compare the items inside. The survey found that the goods outside the shelves are picked up more frequently, but not every customer can buy them, and it is easy to get stained with various skin oils and bacteria, so it is recommended to take the goods on the inside of the shelves.
Wash your hands as soon as you get home. Although bacteria in supermarkets do not cause direct harm to the human body, if you eat with dirty hands covered with bacteria, you are susceptible to infection, especially children. So wash your hands immediately after visiting the supermarket.
