Two people picked up in an unmarked Hyundai Elantra and pulled boxes out of the trunk labeled Sirloin Burgers. They wre obviously unrefrigerated. I asked about it and told this was normal procedure to transfer food between restaurants. So was this a violaion?
2007-11-20 06:06:37 · 5 answers · asked by Adam Watterson 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes, it is a violation if its from vendor to client. "Refrigeration Required" food products must be delivered in a refrigerated vehicle. The temp must be held between 38 and 42 degrees. Some will do "in-store" transfers which thrown a curve into the mix. Once they own the product, they can use whatever means they feel nessessary to transport product within locations. Its a bad practice, but the Health Department tends to let it go.
When product is delivered in the "trunk" You have no way of knowing how long it has been traveling, nor the temperatures that it may have had to endure.
Don't eat there, you could get VERY sick!!
2007-11-20 06:24:37 · answer #1 · answered by buggerhead 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Some companies will shift their stock with other stores to save money. If the burgers were frozen there was no harm done. I knew a woman who was manager of a Windy's and had to shift her store's hamburger to another store. It was frozen and all was good except they left about 10lbs in her trunk and no one noticed it for about two weeks in the hot August sun. She had to sell the car from it.
2007-11-20 07:12:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily.
Depends how far it came. After all, you bring burgers home from the supermarket in an unrefrigerated vehicle, don't you?
Richard
2007-11-20 06:16:33 · answer #3 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My brother worked for jack in the crack as a teenager. He inadvertently dropped a sheet of burgers on the dirty floor (you know how greasy those places get), asked his manager what he should do and was told to cook them. Nothing surprises me with what restaurants will do.
2007-11-20 06:16:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
no. its perfectly ok to do this. they were probably running short and had to borrow some from another restaurant. its no different then you buying them at a store and bring them home to eat later.
2007-11-20 06:16:05 · answer #5 · answered by Carl R 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋