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by **devil** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:54 pm

Orphanides have now put stand-alone thermometers in their display freezers. This morning, I looked at over a dozen of them. The coldest was at -13.6°C and the warmest at -9.8°C. Of course, there is no way of knowing what the deep-freeze room in their warehouse is set at.

EU regulations stipulate that deep frozen food should be stored at -18° C or lower, as does also H&S rules, world-wide.

This is scandalous and could potentially be a public health hazard. Some other shops are equally guilty.

My advice: buy deep-frozen food ONLY from shops where there are visible thermometers which display -18°C or lower. NEVER buy if the temperature is higher than -15°C or if packets like peas and beans are in a solid mass and not flexible (this shows that the packet has probably been close to thawing and then refrozen).

by sk » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:47 pm

devil this is very serious...can you make an official complain to the consumers protection group or association or whatever they call it?

by **Sotos** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:08 pm

I think I saw stand-alone thermometers in Zorpas bakeries but I don't remember the temparuture. I will check next time I am there. I think they have the temperature higher than what it should be to save electricity money :shock: