OK so heres the deal
I work in a cafe where we sale basically sandwich,soup, lattes, coffee, and. . smoothie drinks.
Not a large selection as you can see. We received a new order of food yesterday at about 1:00pm and and didn’t get put away right because I had to take an hour lunch break and at the time I was the only available co-worker holding down that department. Of course someone from another department was sent there to cover my lunch break bu they new very little about the department so they were of no assistance.
Anyways,
by the time I got back a lot of the food which was just packed sandwich meat and frozen soups amongst other items were beginning to thaw and finally one of the idiots I worked with came in and stated freaking saying that the meat
should be re-frozen. . . . and that people are going to get food poison and all this other shilly shally!!
I know that it is very important to be health & hygiene conscious when dealing in the foodservice department. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I believe in serving people food I would eat. . . . so that means nothing nasty and thrown together any kind of way.
Our cafe truly stands strong and believes in presentation in food and hygiene. . .
Heres the deal I work with a young high school and college students. I am a college student as well.
Our supervisor is out on vacation. but there are several reasons and policies that my job have that kept me from getting to the food right away. I called the one of the other supervisor for help and I did not receive it properly.
I feel somewhat responsible. Only thing is I do not have the authority to throw any of the food away. We received an order of food over I can imagine 1,000′s of dollars.
Should the food be thrown away or do you think we will be OK. The thing is the stuff didn’t get so thawed that it became hot or room temperature. . . . . it was all still (sand which meat )cold.
What should be done please. . . and don’t freak out!!
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it sounds like you work in the cleanest restaurant ever. if it was sitting out for less than an hour it will be fine.
If it was only an hour you are ok. If it was more than 8 hours, then I would definitely say throw it away.
Only because you were going on your lunch break it was your responsibility to delegate someone else to put them away and take your lunch break when you had finished.
It depends on the temperature. According to the health department, food cannot be in the danger zone for more than 4 hours, otherwise it has to be thrown out. The danger zone is the temperature range of 41 F to 140 F. If the food itself reaches this temperature range for over 4 hours, then yes it needs to be thrown out. If it didn’t reach this temperature range, you can use it… just put it in the fridge.
However, for quality sake, I would not refreeze thawed meat. Re-freezing thawed meat is not a health code violation (for the most part; there are exceptions, depending on the age of the food).
My guess is, you didn’t take the temperature of the food. But, it doesn’t sound like it was left out for more than 4 hours, so it should be fine.
It will be fine, it was only an hour.
If you don’t have anyone responsible enough to cover for you during your lunch break, why not take your break after you put the food away next time.
Do you HAVE to take your lunch at a certain time everyday, or can you move it to accomodate putting stock away that is important, and then taking your lunch. Most places of business will accomodate people taking their lunch break after doing a very important task.
The food will be ok, that is not a problem, but next time you should put it away first then take your break. I work in an office, not doing shift work, so I can take my lunch anytime, I don’t know if it is a requirement for you to have to take your lunch at a specific time, but if there was something important that had to be done, I would not be taking my break – I would do the task first.