How long can groceries stay in car?

According to food safety experts at H-E-B, perishable food can stay safely unrefrigerated for two hours if the air temperature is under 90 degrees and only for one hour if the temperature is 90 degrees or higher. This is true for foods transported in a car or bag or when you're having a picnic or a barbecue outside.

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Austin traffic plus hot afternoons plus a car full of groceries is a situation that many of us find ourselves troubleshooting during the summer months. I reached out to the H-E-B Curbside team to find out how they answer questions like:

If I stop for groceries on the way to pick up the kids, do I have enough time to go by the library before the ice cream melts or the lunch meat spoils?

Raw chicken breasts are on sale at a store near where I work in Austin, but I live in Kyle. Do I need an insulated bag to make it home with them safely?

Should I store bottles of wine in the backseat, where they might be exposed to the sun, or in the trunk, where the temperatures might be higher?

Bacteria love warmth, moisture and nutrients, and a hot car with bags of groceries provides just that. Foods that require refrigeration are the top priority for keeping cool. Frozen foods are a concern, too, but you have less time with refrigerated meats and fresh produce, which can harbor the rapid growth of dangerous bacteria if you’re not careful. According to food safety experts at H-E-B, perishable food can stay safely unrefrigerated for two hours if the air temperature is under 90 degrees and only for one hour if the temperature is 90 degrees or higher. This is true for foods transported in a car or bag or when you’re having a picnic or a barbecue outside. You don’t need to worry about shelf-stable foods unless they have an element that could melt in the heat, such as chocolate chips in granola bars or trail mix, but you do need to take extra care with meat, deli, dairy, fresh fruit, frozen foods and prepared dishes, including rotisserie chicken, pasta salad or ready-to-bake pizzas. Treat restaurant leftovers with care, too, keeping them refrigerated and not in a warm car for more than 30 minutes or an hour at most.

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