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AfterCOVID-19 [FeminineWe all informed each other to stay at home to slow the spread of the virus. And on,Take away Or make the delivery of the grocery store at home is attractive options for food, but they are not affordable for everyone. Coronavirus or not, heading to the grocery store at an essential and inevitable moment.

Now it's more important than ever to take safety precautions - plan your trip in advance to get your food at home safely. Shelley Feist, Executive Director ofPartnership for Food Security Education, shares expert advice to be a safe grocery store. These are great rules to follow during the pandemic and from now on. (For safer grocery stores,Make sure you register for our daily newsletter.)

The middle of a global pandemic is not the moment of grocery store on a whim and decide what is for dinner during your stay. "Prepare a shopping list in advance and link ingredients to specific meals," said Feist.

Arrder with a plan can help you shorten the lengths of your purchase excursions, avoid wandering without purpose in aisles and maintainsix feet of social distancing-All that can minimize your exposure to other buyers who could possibly wear the coronavirus.

Not to mention, stick to your list prevents you from buying impulse foods that you do not need, which is super wasted (and expensive). Here is exactlyHow to write a list of efficient grocery shopping.

Raw, but true: a study carried out byReusesthisbag.com I found that grocery shopping carts have 361 times more bacteria than a bathroom customs. In addition, nearly 75% of these germs have been identified as potentially resistant to antibodies and harmful for humans.

Even before walking in the store, Feist says, "It's a good practice to disinfect your shopping cart, especially the handlebars and the child seat." This goes for Covid-19 times and all the time too. Related:8 frightening signs Your grocery store is not disinfected correctly.)

Even if you are a stickler for durability, you need to put your meat and produce your heartbreaking plastic bags, ideally located in these respective sections of the store. "These bags really help reduce cross-contamination," says Feist.

Otherwise, the juices of your gross chicken can access the shopping cart or other food products there and even a drop of raw poultry juice could contain the germ of food for foodCampylobacter, who can make you sick. Bag your product too, with feargerms on the payment conveyor Get everything on your red pepper that ends up going on your salad. Yuck. (In touch:7 grocery errors you can easily avoid.)

"Buy in bulk Helps you reduce the number of trips you do at the store, "says Feist, which is a good safety precaution to be taken in the middle of housing orders instead. That said, buys a month of perishable at the same time won 't helps anyone because, well, these items are perishable - it hates food and can cause a demand and unnecessary shortage.

Feist suggests buying one of the two weeks of grocery at a time, and when buying fruits and vegetables in bulk, know how long they last in the refrigerator. With poultry, you only have three to four days to consume it safely; If it's not in the dinner menu before then, "Gleep it with the original packing label and packing so that you know the date you froze," says Feist. (Here are the7 best foods to buy in bulk at Costco.)

It may be tempting to pick up and inspect all apples closely, but think about it in this way: other customers also regularly affect objects, which is a sure way ofspill. To help you and others, scan products with your eyes instead of your hands and "do your best to minimize food handling in the store," says Feist.

"Once you got your food at home, rinse your product under regular running water, then hover with a clean cloth or a paper towel." (Here are the5 best ways to disinfect your grocery store.)

These single-use plastic bags can be petri dishes of germs and viruses. A study carried out by theU.s. National Health Institutesrevealed that coronavirus can live on plastic surfaces up to three days. Considerate Byob (bring your own bags) -feist suggests investing in robust canvas bags that hold frequent laundry, as you want to wash these bags immediately every time you receive from the store (do not leave them in your trunk!) .

However, it is important to note thatSome retailers do not allow reusable loans at that time, so check with your store before you leave.

Supermarkets are arranged for thefresh products is the first thing you see, and your staples (milk, eggs, bread) are in the rear corner; It's a strategy designed to make you stay longer, walk on any store and buy more. However, in the middle of a pandemic with weather warming, long grocery excursions and non-refrigerant perishables are exactly what you want to avoid.

"Let's go first the center of the store and get your perishable last," says Feist. "For security reasons, you want to get perishable in your refrigerator within two hours, or an hour if it is greater than 90 degrees F outdoors." All this to say that the more your lettuce, the chicken and the yogurt are long, can stay on their refrigerated shelves before the box, the better. And, to make sure you buy the right foods, be sure to avoid100 grocery items instances in America.