Supermarket putting goods that have been on floor in chill cabinets

Mindless_Clone

Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »

I think someone should really think of the children.

I think someone should really have put the children in bed long before this post was made.

dacouch wrote: »

Not if if it's under three seconds, have you never heard of the three second rule?

Blimey, it's 10 second rule where I come from. :eek: We have lower food hygiene standards, clearly.

FWIW (in the remotest chance the OP was in any way actually serious with the initial question) stacking wrapped and packaged ambient goods on a floor is perfectly legal. Food safety laws tend to revolve around perishables (chilled and frozen) foods or unwrapped/ unprepared foods. In other words, I'd be far more concerned about the roll pallet of chilled goods standing around on the shop floor for more than half an hour than some ambient products being stacked on the floor before being shelved.

faerie~spangles

OMG!

There must be rules/laws/protocol/custom.

Can I sue?

faerie~spangles

I suggest that all supermarket shoppers sign a waiver before entering or making a purchase. :beer:

Jeff_Bridges_hair

Mindless_Clone wrote: »

I think someone should really have put the children in bed long before this post was made.

If I had kids they would be in the supermarket stacking shelves and earning their bloody keep!!

MothballsWallet

This thread must be a wind up:

italiastar wrote: »

I prefer to use the European number 112 -that way I can be assured I'm am dealing with European law - just been told that I have been overtaken in the queue by someone reporting a raspberry pip in seedless raspberry jam

1. 112 is an EU-wide agreement to standardise the emergency services number across the EU so people don't have to remember (potentially) 27 different numbers (and that's assuming all member states use a single number for their emergency services).
2. If the operator really told you what the person before you is calling for, then that's a data protection breach.

Forwandert

Supermarket floors tend to get cleaned at least once a day. Most chiller departments get a full clean once per year (when all items are removed and fully cleaned) apart from that only if they look dirty.

cheltenham_dude

italiastar wrote: »

Panic over - the guys in white coats were from the pan European food police - they just wanted to take swabs from my fridge as evidence in case it was contaminated by dog poo and urine remnants from the supermarket floor

I think the 'men in white coats' that were mentioned were there to pick up the op rather than take swabs from their frozen shopping - also why, if you're so concerned about the food being on the floor, did you buy the stuff and take it home?

If you did it so you can sue the supermarket for lots of money, you've shot yourself if the foot (figuratively speaking) since you 'contaminated' your own fridge / freezer with food that you were suspicious about and you should have call trading standards rather than the police.

Also there is no such body or organisation called the 'pan-european police' - there is Interpol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol), but I really doubt that they would deal with a local issue like this (also the uniform is not 'white coats').

I give four different options for what the OP is:
1. They are posting from an Asylum / Hospital for the insane (hence the 'men in white coats').
2. They are a kid who is on the internet when their parent / gaurdian is not supervising.
3. They are a troll (a particulary unintelligent one).
4. All of the above.

In short, OP, you fail - please disconnect from the internet and report to your cell for your straitjacket.

MothballsWallet

cheltenham_dude wrote: »

<SNIP>In short, OP, you fail - please disconnect from the internet and report to your cell for your straitjacket./QUOTE]
You forgot that the OP should also see their doctor about getting prescribed special medications that will stop them from having kids in the future.

paddyrg

Dragging this back on topic for a second, if you are genuinely concerned, ask the local council public health people about it. As a rule, most supermarkets get their stock in cages which are off the floor, and the EHO does get concerned about stuff being left on steps/the floor etc., even if it is just a sign of poor handling practices. Perhaps the EHO would just have a word with the store manager that some staff may need refresher courses in good handling policy?

meer53

In my supermarket, most of the food is packaged.

I never prepare food on my worktops, i always use a chopping board, which has never been near a supermarket floor.