This device was concieved after one to many food poisoning incidents resulting from improperly frozen food, which was of course purchased from my local grocers freezer section.

Frozen food is common place in today's society, and I tend to eat alot of it. Frozen pizza is one of my favorites, and I have recieved more cases of food poisoning from these particular set of items than any other.

Perhaps you need a different grocer, you may say. To that I reply that I have had this resulting from purchases that run the gambit of stores.

How many of you have gone into your local Wal-mart, Albertsons, etc. (usually a 24 hour type of place) and seen the freight in the isles stacked to the ceiling? This is a common occurence for me, as I am typically frequenting these stores as they keep my schedule in mind. I am a night owl, and usually prefer to visit the grocery store as late as possible. Less consumers to come into contact with that way. The isles aren't crowded, and I find that the shopping experience is alot more palletable.

Back to the point though, these stores have freight piled around without a single stocker in sight, most times. And usually the frozen, and or "refrigerated" foods are left to set in the isles for long preiods of time. Manufacturers of frozen and refrigerated food products are very careful not to let this happen on thier end, and here is the tool that will hold the store accountable for protecting your health with the same amount of zeal as the manufacturer.

This device is simply a small, glued on piece of plastic. The hollow portion is filled with a small amount of liquid, that is frozen with the product, or applied to the product (pre-frozen) after the product has been frozen.

The frozen liquid that is all the way up the plastic thermometer indicates to consumers that this product has not been thawed, and has been frozen for the duration of transit and stocking. If the frozen liquid appears very low in the plastic thermometer, the product has been thawed, and should be reguarded as a loss.

If you are a large chain store, you might be asking, "is this good for business?" I will give you an emphatic and resounding YES! Of course it is good for business, and in so many ways. Let me name a few. First of all, is it ever good if a consumer gets sick eating the food products which your store is carrying? NO! But I might be able to blame it on the manufacturer, and they'll get sued. Maybe, but that consumer is still going to tell all the people they know where they purchased that food product, as well as the name of the manufacturer. Your business still suffers.

If you are a manufacturer, you may be asking "What if the refrigerator truck doesn't keep the food product frozen on the way to the store?" Not only will this device alert you to that, it will also give you enough information, that you can rate the quality of your distributing company, and or thier trucks.

The fact of the matter is, that this product is good for not only the consumer, but for the manufacturer, and the grocer. No one wants to make consumers sick, this hurts business from the top to bottom. Everyone wants accountability from the responsible parties, this makes it all possible. When the goods are delivered from the manufacturer to the distributor, the distributor checks the freezometers on the packages. ( a larger one could be for "personell only" and used on the outside of cases, indicating clearly the condition of the meters inside the case. When the distributor delivers the products to the store, the store does the same check, and finally when the consumer goes to the freezer case, the freezometer on the product is inspected, and finally purchased. When the checker rings up any frozen food product, the freeze-o-meter is checked, and marked on the computer similar to the ID checks for cigarettes and alcohol in most modern point of sale machines. (This insures that the customer is just as accountable for the quality of thier frozen food product, as everyone that has come into contact with the handling of said product throughout it's transit from manufacturer to the consumers mouth.

If at any time during the transit, the freeze-o-meter indicates poorly, the product is returned or destroyed, and marked as a "loss". This doesn't hurt the manufacturer, the distributor, grocer, or the consumer. "Losses" are written off on taxes, and are therefore a moot point.

If you like frozen food, but your just not sure why your pizza looks all "collapsed" when you take it out of the box and it's been "re-frozen" then this is the product for you!.

Feel free to contact me anytime:

E-mail me at:
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Phone: 208-253-6457

Mail: P.O. Box 94

Ontario, Oregon 97914

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Published on: 2004-02-03 (1522 reads)