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Most meats in a grocery store aren’t bought from the butcher directly, they’re pre-packed in a styrofoam tray then covered with plastic wrap. The seal is far fr
by orev 4y ago
Most meats in a grocery store aren’t bought from the butcher directly, they’re pre-packed in a styrofoam tray then covered with plastic wrap. The seal is far from water tight, so the meat liquid leaks out on all the other packages sitting on the shelf, and then in your cart and bags/everything else after you pick it. You need a bag for these, otherwise you have cross-contamination everywhere.
- bombcar 4y agoI've noticed some (but not all) meats are becoming more and more "factory packaged" with tight (and sometimes even resealable) bags that are more like ziplock. I suspect as the number of grocery stores with actual butcher/deli counters continues to decline, we'll see more and more of that, especially as leaking into a plastic grocery bag is annoying but leaking into your reusable bag is really annoying.