Store your food safely: is your fridge running at the right temperature and is the food in it stored safely? Here's how you can check

Article Abstract:

It is important to store food correctly to avoid food poisoning, and a refrigerator must be kept at between 0-5 degrees centigrade. Two types of refrigerator were tested: larder types without frozen food compartments and those with a small icebox. Best buy larder refrigerators included the Liebherr KT 1560 at 369 pounds sterling and the Whirlpool ARG403/G at 200 pounds sterling. Best buy refrigerators with icebox included Beko BR176 at 130 pounds sterling and the AEG OKO Santo Super 1472 TK at 329 pounds sterling.

Buyers Guide, Refrigerators

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Take your temperature: Fridge-freezer and microwave thermometers help to keep your food safe

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A selection of fridge, freezer amd microwave oven thermometers were tested for accuracy, responsiveness and ease of use. The Thermo-Scan was the most accurate fridge thermometer, and also the most responsive, and thermometers with dials were found to be the least accurate. The Brannan horizontal was the best freezer thermometer for accuracy. Microwave thermometers are not widely available and both the Brannan and Tala models had reasonable responsiveness and were easy to use.

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Fridge & freezer thermometers

Article Abstract:

The best way to ensure refrigerators and freezers are kept at the right temperature is to use a thermometer. Fridge and freezer thermometers are available in dial and liquid-in-glass formats. Advice on how to keep fridges and freezers at the right temperature and the correct use of thermometers is discussed. Nine thermometers are evaluated for accuracy, response time and convenience.

Evaluation, Boots (Thermometer), Brannan (Thermometer), Diplex (Thermometer), E.T.I. (Thermometer ), LCD Thermoscan (Thermometer), Sainsbury (Thermometer), Thorpac (Thermometer), West Meters (Thermometer)

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