At Tet, many families stock up on a variety of foods. However, not everyone chooses and manages food properly leading to consequences like food poisoning. So how to choose and preserve food properly? You can refer to some information recommended by the doctor right below.
Be careful with eye-catching color products
At Tet food stalls there are many products on sale with all colors, especially sweet jam. Be careful when choosing colorful jams that are on sale at the stalls. From dried fruit products to candies and cakes are sold freely. The same thing is all are contained in large plastic bags, or plastic boxes, buyers are spoiled for choice.
To ensure food safety during Mau Tuat Lunar New Year, the basic principle is to choose food of origin, production date, clear expiry date, with adequate information on labels. Mold damage and an unpleasant odor. Consumers also need to be very careful with eye-catching color foods because these products may contain harmful food coloring and additives.
Beware of colorful jam & cakes.
Choose fresh foods with clear origins
Lunar New Year is the time when mass foods are transported and displayed at the market. If you don't have good eyesight, you can buy the wrong food. The buyer can distinguish between raw and rancid raw pork by:
Observe the flesh is bright pink, the fibers are regular, smell no strange smell, feel meaty and sticky. The surface of the cut line is dry, the meat is a little rough, the muscles are tight, the skin is soft, the fat is white. Choice of beef is like pork: the color of beef is usually bright red (beef with dark red color is not delicious meat), meat is elastic, elastic, sticky without sticky.
With ready-made chicken, choose a body with a compact, firm, narrow breast. The skin is naturally yellow (from ivory to bright yellow). Chicken skin has light yellow and dark yellow only in some places such as breast, wings, back.
Fresh meat is bright red, touch is elastic, slightly sticky.
Preserving seafood, raw meat, poultry
Seafood, raw meat and poultry should be stored in the coldest part of the refrigerator as soon as possible, which will help prevent bacteria from multiplying, ensuring safety for users. Besides, they should be placed on a plate or container, avoiding water from small food to other food. Try to keep each type of product separate to avoid cross contamination.
Raw seafood and meat can be preserved from bacteria and free from contamination for up to 4 days. For cooked meat, up to 2-3 days but the doctor still recommends cooking enough to use throughout the day to ensure nutrition as well as food safety.
According to Dr. Do Duc Tin - Department of General Health Screening - City International Hospital: “With ready-made foods we need to pay attention to the expiry date as well as the ingredients in the food. . Depending on the instructions that users must preserve food properly. Once there are abnormal symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, diarrhea ... Patients should immediately go to reputable hospitals for timely examination, should not buy medicine at home to avoid cases worth unfortunately happened. "
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