Warning issued for UK households who keep bacon in its 'original packaging'
A warning has been issued to UK households who have bacon in their fridges - and it's all to do with the packaging. According to food experts at Tasting Table, instead of keeping it in its original packaging, bacon should be stored in a sealed container.
They recommend storing your rashers in a resealable ziplock bag or a sealed container. It warned: "The bacon you pick up at the grocery store usually comes in a sealed plastic bag, meant to protect it from exposure to oxygen.
"As long as you don't open it, this packaging can keep your bacon safe in the fridge for up to two weeks." The advice group added: "However, once you open that bag, its shelf life drops to just one week in the fridge, possibly even less.
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"Oxygen speeds up the spoilage process because it provides an ideal environment for harmful bacteria to thrive. Since most bacon packages don't have a zipper or resealing feature, it's best to transfer all the leftover bacon strips to an airtight container or a Ziploc bag once you've opened them.
"Putting them back into their original packaging may cause the meat to lose its flavour and eventually turn into spoiled bacon much quicker than you may expect!" It comes after a study showed eating just two bacon sarnies a week is enough to increase your risk of type 2 diabetes, research reveals.
Harvard experts found for every additional portion of red meat, be that a burger or two sausages, a person's risk shoots up by a whopping 46 per cent. Author Dr Xiao Gu said: "Our findings strongly support dietary guidelines that recommend limiting the consumption of red meat, and this applies to both processed and unprocessed red meat."
Author Prof Walter Willett said: "Given our findings and previous work by others, a limit of about one serving per week of red meat would be reasonable for people wishing to optimise their health and wellbeing."