256 Meat refrigeration Meat-cooked Bacon ■ Maximun Pizza/quiche 口Mode Prepared meal 0246810121416182022 Fig 12.3 Minimum, modal and maximum storage lives of chilled meat and meat products stated by householders(source: Evans et aL., 1991) period by a small proportion of participants. Cooked meat and poultry were also thought to store for up to 21 days by a few householders(Fig. 12.3) It was interesting to note that although poultry and meat were con sidered a likely cause of food poisoning, participants did not necessarily consider that these foods had short storage lives. It is therefore possible that people do not associate storage time as being related to any food poison- ng problem. Consumers do not always 'practice what they preach. When the food stored in consumers' refrigerators was examined, actual storage times were generally greater than storage times stated in the questionnaire. Almost 67% of the food was kept for longer periods. Actual storage times were greater than the stated storage time for all meat, fish and dairy items except pies which were thought to have an acceptable storage life of 3.3 days and were stored for 3.2 days(Table 12.3) 12.4 Temperatures in domestic food storage The refrigerator is a common household device and very few households in the uk do not own a refrigerator or fridge-freezer for storage of chilled foods. Fridge-freezers have become increasingly popular in the last 20 years in the UK and now provide almost 50% of the market(Anon, 1990). Theseperiod by a small proportion of participants. Cooked meat and poultry were also thought to store for up to 21 days by a few householders (Fig. 12.3). It was interesting to note that although poultry and meat were con￾sidered a likely cause of food poisoning, participants did not necessarily consider that these foods had short storage lives. It is therefore possible that people do not associate storage time as being related to any food poison￾ing problem. Consumers do not always ‘practice what they preach’. When the food stored in consumers’ refrigerators was examined, actual storage times were generally greater than storage times stated in the questionnaire. Almost 67% of the food was kept for longer periods. Actual storage times were greater than the stated storage time for all meat, fish and dairy items except pies which were thought to have an acceptable storage life of 3.3 days and were stored for 3.2 days (Table 12.3). 12.4 Temperatures in domestic food storage The refrigerator is a common household device and very few households in the UK do not own a refrigerator or fridge-freezer for storage of chilled foods. Fridge-freezers have become increasingly popular in the last 20 years in the UK and now provide almost 50% of the market (Anon, 1990). These 256 Meat refrigeration 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 Prepared meal Pizza/quiche Pie Pate Sausage Bacon Burger Poultry – cooked Poultry – raw Meat – cooked Meat – raw Days Maximum Mode Minimum ˆ ´ Fig. 12.3 Minimum, modal and maximum storage lives of chilled meat and meat products stated by householders (source: Evans et al., 1991)