Just sitting back eating my breakfast with some frozen berries mixed in and I remembered the frozen berry debacle around 2 years ago.
How did it impact your frozen berry purchasing?
Frozen berries. How did the hepatitis A scare impact your purchasing?
dan76n on 01/03/2017 - 07:46
Poll Options
- 24I don't buy frozen berries.
- 2Have always purchased Australian frozen berries.
- 5I switched to Australian frozen berries and still only buy Australian frozen berries.
- 3I switched to Australian frozen berries but have now switched back to imports.
- 8Stuck with the grey imports and took advantage of some great specials.
Comments
In my local Woolies it appears that no matter which brand you buy, they're all products of Chile anyway.
Not at all. The only effect on my purchasing was when Coles stopped doing 3 packs for $10. 1.5kg raspberries for $10 was impressive. I open a thawed pack and pour the juice into a small glass - luxury!
I'm curious, where did you get the 1.5kg bags from (Costco)?
Also, where did they come from?
Coles, like I said. They were and still are 500g packs and until about a year ago they were doing 3 packs for $10. The berries come from Chile.
I didn't buy frozen berries much and still don't.
Probably need a couple of different poll options - I didn't buy frozen berries, and still don't; and I did buy frozen berries, but now don't.
I used to buy frozen berries, and enjoyed them on their own or in a small amount of ice cream. Don't any more - it just put me off of them.
I used to buy frozen berries, but not anymore. After the scare came out, I cooked the remainining batches into sauce. According to what I google,
Hepatitis A virus can live outside the body for months, depending on the environmental conditions. The virus is killed by heating to an internal temperature of 185°F (85°C) for 1.5 minutes. However, the virus can still be spread from cooked food if it is contaminated after cooking.
I really haven't checked into Australian Frozen Berries brands in supermarkets. Can anyone provide some brand names of these? Thanks.
I stopped injecting frozen berries so that cut down the Hep risk.
always have preferred aussie produce. scares like that reinforce as such, although the lettuce issue was aussie…. and the rockmelon one….
we have taken to buying fresh berries when in season/cheap and freeze for smoothies etc.