Fred Meyers - Products, Statement
POSTED: 1:22 pm PDT July 9,
2007
UPDATED: 6:30 pm PDT July 9,
2007
Fred Meyer
100 NW 20th Place
Portland
Shopping Trip Date: June 5, 2007
"Of course Fred Meyer's top priority is to provide our Customers with safe, fresh food. Fred Meyer's policy is to pull product the morning of the "Best if Used By" date stamped on the item. We have brought this error to the attention of our store director and store operations department, and will do all we can to ensure that it does not occur again."Bottom line, the "best if used by" date is intended to ensure that, if a customer purchases it on that date and then doesn't consume it for several days after that, the product will still be safe if it has been kept at the needed temperature. As for the yogurt, Fred Meyer pulls dairy product - including yogurt - on its Best if Used By Date, keeps it cold, and it is picked up by food banks across the Northwest and donated to needy families, with a turn around time of about 48 hours."All 50 of our Oregon stores and 7 of our SW Wash. stores are on this donation program with Oregon Food Bank, called Fresh Alliance, and we've donated literally millions of pounds of fresh dairy, produce and meat to the Oregon Food Bank since 2003 by pulling items on their Best if Used By date, keeping them at their needed core temperature (or, in the case of meat, freezing it) and getting it to families for whom meat and dairy can be extremely difficult to afford. So, I encourage you to keep this mind. Rather than scaring your viewers into thinking that their favorite local grocery stores are selling them unsafe product, remember that items at their Best If Used By date are being donated to food banks all over the Northwest."Typically, dairy items are stamped with a "Best If Used By Date." If dairy products such as yogurt are kept at a core temperature between 32 degrees and 38 degrees - which is what your refrigerator should be set at - they should be safe for consumption for 7-10 days past the "best if used by date." That's if the consumer has not left it sitting out or left it open, and has their refrigerator set at a safe temperature. Our dairy category manager says "life begins at 40," meaning that the bacteria that cause dairy products such as yogurt and milk to go bad become active at about 40 degrees."
100 NW 20th Place
Portland
Shopping Trip Date: June 5, 2007
- Florida's Natural Premium No Pulp Original Orange Juice, 96 ounces - June 2, 2007
- King Harvest Falafel Patties, 9 ounce tub - June 4, 2007
- Girard's Salad Dressings Parmesan Peppercorn, 12 ounce bottle - Best by May 26, 2007
- Marie's Creamy Ranch Dressing, 12 ounce bottle - June 1, 2007 (refrigerated section)
- Fred Meyer Blended Yogurt Strawberry, 8 ounce carton - Sell by June 2, 2007
- Yoplait Whips Chocolate Mousse Style Chocolate Mint, 4 ounce cup - June 3, 2007
- Fred Meyer French Onion with Bacon dip, 8 ounce tub - Sell by May 17, 2007
- Odwalla Bar Banana Nut, 2.2 ounce bar - May 16, 2007
- Bumble Bar Lushus Lemon, 45 g - April 1, 2007
"Of course Fred Meyer's top priority is to provide our Customers with safe, fresh food. Fred Meyer's policy is to pull product the morning of the "Best if Used By" date stamped on the item. We have brought this error to the attention of our store director and store operations department, and will do all we can to ensure that it does not occur again."Bottom line, the "best if used by" date is intended to ensure that, if a customer purchases it on that date and then doesn't consume it for several days after that, the product will still be safe if it has been kept at the needed temperature. As for the yogurt, Fred Meyer pulls dairy product - including yogurt - on its Best if Used By Date, keeps it cold, and it is picked up by food banks across the Northwest and donated to needy families, with a turn around time of about 48 hours."All 50 of our Oregon stores and 7 of our SW Wash. stores are on this donation program with Oregon Food Bank, called Fresh Alliance, and we've donated literally millions of pounds of fresh dairy, produce and meat to the Oregon Food Bank since 2003 by pulling items on their Best if Used By date, keeping them at their needed core temperature (or, in the case of meat, freezing it) and getting it to families for whom meat and dairy can be extremely difficult to afford. So, I encourage you to keep this mind. Rather than scaring your viewers into thinking that their favorite local grocery stores are selling them unsafe product, remember that items at their Best If Used By date are being donated to food banks all over the Northwest."Typically, dairy items are stamped with a "Best If Used By Date." If dairy products such as yogurt are kept at a core temperature between 32 degrees and 38 degrees - which is what your refrigerator should be set at - they should be safe for consumption for 7-10 days past the "best if used by date." That's if the consumer has not left it sitting out or left it open, and has their refrigerator set at a safe temperature. Our dairy category manager says "life begins at 40," meaning that the bacteria that cause dairy products such as yogurt and milk to go bad become active at about 40 degrees."
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