{"id":2751,"date":"2022-01-27T16:18:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T15:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/27\/woolworths-supermarket-shoppers-pack-of-discoloured-frozen-beef-mince-divides-facebook-users-7news\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T16:18:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T15:18:06","slug":"woolworths-supermarket-shoppers-pack-of-discoloured-frozen-beef-mince-divides-facebook-users-7news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/2022\/01\/27\/woolworths-supermarket-shoppers-pack-of-discoloured-frozen-beef-mince-divides-facebook-users-7news\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolworths supermarket shopper\u2019s pack of discoloured frozen beef mince divides Facebook users &#8211; 7NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cfbc967f0983488262956e73eca9483a\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3859091246952232\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- blok -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3859091246952232\" data-ad-slot=\"1334354390\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n<p>A <a class=\"css-1h8ruiq-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/lifestyle\/woolworths\" rel=\"noopener\">Woolworths<\/a> customer has sparked a social media debate after sharing a photo of a frozen packet of beef mince.<br \/>Posting on a popular Facebook page, Woolies shopper Rob reached out for advice as to whether the meat buy was safe to eat.<br \/>Rob said he was concerned that the mince &#8211; which had been frozen for three months &#8211; had significantly changed colour, becoming a light brown shade.<br \/>\u201cI froze this beef in November the day I purchased [it],\u201d wrote Rob on the <a class=\"css-1h8ruiq-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/Markdownaddictsaustralia\" rel=\"noopener\">Markdown Addicts Australia<\/a> page.<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s come out looking brown. Is this still OK to eat or chuck it? Was going to use for tacos.\u201d<br \/>Rob\u2019s post prompted a wave of responses, with more than 1,200 Facebook users offering their opinion on the matter.<br \/>Some said they wouldn\u2019t risk eating the discoloured meat.<br \/>\u201cMy husband is a butcher and we would never eat this! It looks off,\u201d said one.<br \/>Added another: \u201cI personally wouldn\u2019t eat it. But if it smells fine, it\u2019s probably brown as it may have a puncture or hole in the packet and the air has gotten into it.\u201d<br \/>Wrote a third: \u201cNo way I would be eating it &#8230; it is supposed to be red not brown.\u201d<br \/>However most of the Facebook users responding to Rob\u2019s post agreed the mince was perfectly good to eat.<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s fine,\u201d said one. \u201cWhen meat is packed they usually add in extra oxygen (I think) to make it look nice and red.<br \/>\u201cThat\u2019s why meat in the deli sometimes doesn\u2019t look as \u2018tasty\u2019 as pre-packaged meat. It\u2019s still fine as long as you froze it before the use by date and the freezer had a consistent temperature.\u201d<br \/>Wrote another: \u201cIt will be fine, trust me. Been freezing meat my whole adult life! Unless it has freezer burn and\/ice on it (it doesn\u2019t, because it\u2019s sealed) it\u2019s fine!<br \/>\u201cIve also worked in delis and butcher shops for 25 years &#8230; I hate waste!\u201d<br \/>Added one more: \u201cFood microbiologist here. Beef, if frozen, should be consumed within three months but is probably fine up to six.<br \/>\u201cThe colour is normal for frozen meat, as the blood freezes it turns brown, due to oxidation. Defrost fully before cooking and it will be fine. If unsure give to dog, it smells bad, bin it.\u201d<br \/>Another added: \u201cI\u2019ve cooked meat from freezer same as that. If I don\u2019t smell a funny smell, I then taste a tiny bit and has always been no problem to eat and we have never got sick from food.\u201d<br \/>Food experts agree that it\u2019s normal for foods to discolour when they\u2019re frozen, confirming they\u2019re safe to consume.<br \/>\u201cColour changes can occur in frozen foods but the foods remain safe to eat,\u201d the US Department of Agriculture says on its <a class=\"css-1h8ruiq-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ask.usda.gov\/s\/article\/Why-does-the-color-of-food-change-when-frozen#:~:text=Color%20changes%20can%20occur%20in,burn%20or%20abnormally%20long%20storage.&amp;text=However%2C%20the%20bones%20and%20the%20meat%20near%20them%20can%20become%20dark.\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<br \/>\u201cThe bright red colour of meat as purchased usually turns dark or pale brown depending on its variety. This may be due to lack of oxygen, freezer burn or abnormally long storage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/lifestyle\/food\/pack-of-frozen-woolworths-mince-divides-facebook-users-but-can-you-see-why-c-5464997\">source<\/a><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Woolworths customer has sparked a social media debate after sharing a photo of a frozen packet of beef mince.Posting on a popular Facebook page, Woolies shopper Rob reached out for advice as to whether the meat buy was safe to eat.Rob said he was concerned that the mince &#8211; which had been frozen for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow1sXXCw:productID":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monblogeur.tech\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}