Wondering what grocery store safety looks like right now?
We spoke with experts about bulk bins, free samples, and salad bar safety.
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Brian Ronholm is the Director of Food Policy for Consumer Reports.
Brian Ronholm is the Director of Food Policy for Consumer Reports. He leads CR’s advocacy efforts to advance a safe and healthy food system. Brian brings deep legislative and regulatory experience in food policy to CR. He also writes and speaks extensively on food policy issues, with a particular emphasis on emerging technologies, food safety modernization, and pending regulatory policies facing the food industry.
He leads CRs advocacy efforts to advance a safe and healthy food system.
Brian brings deep legislative and regulatory experience in food policy to CR.
The answer: It depends.
You dont know if unmasked [shoppers] are anti-mask or vaccinated, Feigl-Ding adds.
Read on for more expert advice on how safe grocery store activities are this summer.
How safe are bulk bins, exactly?
Others have closed or eliminated their bulk bin section altogether.
Yet others have resumed standard bulk bin procedures used pre-pandemic.
How safe are free samples?
Brian Ronholm is the Director of Food Policy for Consumer Reports. He leads CR’s advocacy efforts to advance a safe and healthy food system. Brian brings deep legislative and regulatory experience in food policy to CR. He also writes and speaks extensively on food policy issues, with a particular emphasis on emerging technologies, food safety modernization, and pending regulatory policies facing the food industry.
(Thats not happening at all now, from what Mentzer has observed, he says.)
(Just be smart about eating them, OK?
And dont touch anything youre not going to eat yourself.)
How safe are hot bars and salad bars?
There are still general health risks that existed pre-pandemic associated with consuming food from hot bars or salad bars.
How safe is it to put produce directly in your cart?
However, pandemic or not, safety experts dont necessarily recommend this idea of naked produce.
For this reason, You should confirm that all foods placed in your cart are either wrapped or bagged.
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