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KurtNYC

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6. I'm certified in safe food handling

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 02:21 PM

Jun 2014

Had to attend courses on the "sex life of pathogens" and take written tests. I have cooked over 100,000 hamburgers and have never, to my knowledge, served product that has made someone sick.

I understand concern about food safety because I have been sick on restaurant food.

At the risk of making your concerns worse I will add: hamburger is the oldest beef in most supermarkets. They take steaks that were thawed and that didn't sell within 2 days and they grind them all together, grade them by fat content and put them back out in fresh packages. Same for boneless skinless chicken -- because the fat (skin) on chicken is the first thing to spoil, they strip it off and rewrap the chicken several times -- while then quartered then skinless, then boneless & skinless -- marking the price per pound up each time.

If you want the freshest meats you should buy whole chicken (or on the bone) and grind your own single-source hamburger from chuck or round.

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At WalMart, food safety is their #1 priority. Ha ha ha ha ha! GOT you, sucker. Enjoy your beef. [View all] Miles Archer Jun 2014 OP

Those pesky employees! Never around when you need one - and then you have to PAY them! hatrack Jun 2014 #1

I take it you've never worked in a corporate grocery store Shampoobra Jun 2014 #2

My daughter works in a large retail chain that includes grocery. They toss ... Scuba Jun 2014 #3

Your post is quite a disconnect from reality is most places. Agschmid Jun 2014 #7

I worked a job in loss prevention and we rarely beat anyone NightWatcher Jun 2014 #9

I call bullshit on your post. MineralMan Jun 2014 #11

If it's all right with you, I'll send you as many details as I can via DU Mail Shampoobra Jun 2014 #24

Which corporate store? You don't need to name the town, but which corporate store? uppityperson Jun 2014 #25

Link: Shampoobra Jun 2014 #31

Based upon your post Sherman A1 Jun 2014 #13

I don't buy your horror stories... elias49 Jun 2014 #14

"Food is often (meaning, almost daily) purchased from anonymous sellers at the back loading dock" frankieallen Jun 2014 #16

Yeah, that's how supermarkets do things, for sure. MineralMan Jun 2014 #20

I take it you've never been to Luca Brasi Sleeps with the Fishes Grocery before pinboy3niner Jun 2014 #21

No, but I used to get the best Italian Subs ever made MineralMan Jun 2014 #23

Calling Luca Brasi an "Italian Sub" is an insult. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #40

What store are you talking about? Otherwise I will join the others in calling cool story bro uppityperson Jun 2014 #17

Cool story ... TBF Jun 2014 #18

Yeah, the last time I got caught shoplifting at Safeway they did that to me. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #19

where do you live? iwillalwayswonderwhy Jun 2014 #29

I was a dairy and frozen food manager years ago upaloopa Jun 2014 #30

I have worked at a supermarket sabbat hunter Jun 2014 #32

Garbage. bunnies Jun 2014 #33

It's wrapped. It's not 101 INSIDE the store. KurtNYC Jun 2014 #4

True, but... Miles Archer Jun 2014 #5

I'm certified in safe food handling KurtNYC Jun 2014 #6

Hey, while we are on the subject. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #10

If you nuke for 30 seconds you should kill most everything alive on there KurtNYC Jun 2014 #15

I watched a program about this once laundry_queen Jun 2014 #38

I'm glad you shared both of those facts... Miles Archer Jun 2014 #26

Not to mention... bunnies Jun 2014 #35

Many of the chains no longer do any of that. Ikonoklast Jun 2014 #41

"The meat I eat for dinner must be hung up for a week" panader0 Jun 2014 #22

how did you keep your groceries at the correct temperature NM_Birder Jun 2014 #8

I usually go to the market around 6 AM Miles Archer Jun 2014 #27

Who the hell shops in a 101 degree WalMart? elias49 Jun 2014 #12

I LOATHE WalMart. I worked at one for two weeks. dballance Jun 2014 #28

I worked BRIEFLY at a local convenience store... Miles Archer Jun 2014 #36

That food will not go back on the shelf. bunnies Jun 2014 #34

Did you see it placed back on the shelf? Cooler? maced666 Jun 2014 #37

Didn't say that it did prove anything Miles Archer Jun 2014 #39