It is an essential element without which we should not make the purchase. The list will help us make better use of our possibilities to obtain a more beneficial purchase. Preparing the shopping list before leaving home will save us time and money and will prevent us from buying unnecessary products. To program the list we will take into account our needs, our diet, economy, storage capacity and even our work activity, also depending on the market offers. Once in the store, the purchase must be made in an orderly manner, choosing first the packaged products such as preserves, legumes, pasta, coffee, cookies, etc., and continuing with the other products in the order listed below. Watch out for OFFERS. Really check that there is a good quality / price ratio and carefully observe the expiration date, as sometimes products that are about to expire are offered. In supermarkets, avoid being attracted to superfluous products near the cash register. Limit yourself to your shopping list. Transportation to the house should be done as quickly as possible and in its distribution in the bags, food products should not be mixed with the rest of the purchase.
ORDER OF PRODUCTS TO BUY
Non-refrigerated products: Packaged products, Fruits and vegetables, Eggs Bread
Refrigerated products: Delicatessen Meat, Fish, Other refrigerated products.
Tips for a good purchase:
- You must carry a list of the products you need and adhere to it in a disciplinary manner.
- You must demand quality and hygiene in all establishments, and claim when they do not offer the right conditions.
- Avoid buying perishables for sale (meat, fish, dairy products, vegetables, etc.). Its sale is prohibited due to the difficulty of its quality control and hygiene by the health authorities. Your possible claim would be very difficult.
- Keep in mind that if a food is expensive, it can be replaced by a cheaper one with the same nutritional properties. The most expensive is not always the best.
- Check the prices and weight of the food you buy. The paper should not be included in the weight.
- Frozen food they retain all their nutritional value and are almost always presented without waste. Check that they are properly packaged and in a perfect state of freezing. Use the thermal bags for transport.
- Fresh food must be presented properly, not piled up and misplaced. Products that the seller touches without adequate hygiene and without protection must be rejected.
- You must demand hygiene in handling and you must not accept that food items be wrapped in used or newspaper
- You must check the change and save the cash ticket, it will be useful to make any claim later.
- Buy only what you can store, according to the capacity of the refrigerator and the pantry and depending on what is going to be consumed.
Establishments
The place where we are going to make the purchase is also an element to consider so that it is correct, having to use one point of sale or another depending on our own convenience and knowing how to choose the most suitable place. In any case, you must ensure that the premises are duly authorized and have adequate sanitary control. Everyone must clearly and visibly expose their opening license. Establishment employees they must adopt a hygienic conduct. To do this, they must wear appropriate and exclusive clothing for the workplace, they must not smoke or eat while serving, and the utensils they use must be very clean, washing them every time they change their food. It is not useful to clean the knife with a rag, as it could mean contamination of the food. Likewise, when washing their hands, they should use single-use towels to dry.
Mandatory labeling information
All food products that are presented packaged and that are marketed in Spain, must carry a label written in Spanish that contains the indications of the mandatory information that are easily understandable and inscribed in a perfectly visible place. These are:
- Product denomination.
- If it could be misleading, indication of your physical condition (powder, frozen, concentrated, smoked).
- The list of ingredients, in descending order of their masses at the time they are incorporated during the manufacture of the product.
- Net quantity, expressed in liters, kilos, etc.
- Date of minimum duration (consume preferably before ..), or in its case, expiration date.
- Conditions for its correct conservation.
- How to use.
- Identification of the name and address of the company (manufacturer or packer, or seller of the U.E.).
- Identification of the manufacturing batch, if applicable. (It is not necessary, if the expiration date says the day and month).
- If the product does not come from the European Community, you must indicate the place of origin.
Labeling on nutritional properties will be mandatory when the label, presentation or advertising includes the mention that the product has nutritional properties.
The label must inform about its content in: energy value and nutrients Proteins, carbohydrates, fats, dietary fiber, sodium, vitamins and mineral salts.
This information should appear grouped in tabular or linear form and, if space permits, with the figures in a column, and should appear in a visible place.
FOOD ADDITIVES
The use of additives in the diet of modern society is necessary, but it should not be abusive since it could affect the health of the population. Hence, international organizations (WHO, etc.) have established the corresponding limitations for the use of food additives. According to the Spanish Food Code, additives are defined as:
Those substances that can be intentionally added to food and beverages in minimum quantities and regulated in established norms and that, without modifying their nutritional value, do have the purpose of modifying their organoleptic characteristics or facilitating the process of preparation, preservation and / or its use.
Some types of additives:
DYES Give food color or enhance its natural color.
Preservative Substances used to prevent alteration of the product by bacteria, fungi and molds. They prolong conservation.
ANTIOXIDANTS Inhibit the oxidation of fats during storage.
FLAVORING Natural and synthetic substances used to compose the flavor of food.
STABILIZERS Maintain food consistency.
packing:
It is the action of wrapping, covering or introducing in a hermetic container or not, a product destined for sale in order to protect it from deterioration, contamination or adulteration, until it reaches the consumer. For legal purposes of labeling and labeling, it is not considered packaging, if the action was carried out in the presence of the buyer. One of the advantages that it presents for the purchase is that it avoids the intervention of the seller and also, through the label, it must inform us of the characteristics of the product. However, it should be noted that there are packages that do not always contain what is expected of them. We must also keep in mind that the packaging makes the product more expensive. In general, it is preferable to buy food with the least possible packaging and opt for recyclable containers.
Claims:
All establishments that sell goods or provide services in Andalusia, have the obligation to make available to the customer upon request the BOOK OF CLAIMS SHEETS. The aforementioned complaint sheets consist of three copies: the consumer removes the white and green copies, and the establishment will keep the pink copy.
The establishments must reply to the claimant within 10 days, counted from the day following the date of formulation, or if they do not agree with it, they may contact the consumer of the Delegation with the white copy.
Provincial of the competent Ministry. Municipal Consumer Information Office.
Consumer Associations.
On the other hand, as of 1988, the bases of a Consumer Arbitration System were established in Spain, which was definitively implemented as of 1993, and whose purpose is to resolve consumer claims against establishments that bear the distinctive official in which it is expressed. This system allows resolving conflicts between businessmen and consumers for free, quickly and efficiently. Finally, indicate that there is always the possibility of going to the Courts of Justice.
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