There are times when you cannot go out to buy food forcing you to retrieve from your stores. Such are the times when survival tactics apply. Food is crucial for human survival. Situations require emergency food rations. Floods, tornadoes, storms and disease outbreaks are natural disasters that normally hit the UK and other parts of the world. Disaster preparedness by through adequate foodstuff supply is therefore very important.
An emergency food-stock is vital as a precautionary measure. There, you can keep foods that can remain fresh for long, meeting all your basic dietary needs. At any given instant, you should at least have an uninterrupted supply for three days. The water and food therein must be sufficient for all your family members. Depending on your ability, your stock can go for a week, a month or more.
You also require good storage equipment. Necessary hygiene requirements should also be met. The foods stored here should require no refrigeration and should have low salt content. Do not put your store very far as to avoid inconveniences when retrieving the items. Remember a prolonged search is inconvenient in an emergency situation. Humidity and pests are dangerous to stored food and should therefore be kept at bay.
When you go for shopping, you do not need to buy everything at once. You can start with those that are on stock or on offer. Consider the prizes also. Some are very expensive while others are cheap. Depending on your pocket, go for what fits you. However, it is advisable to purchase items from reputable and trusted manufacturers.
The stock is only meant for emergencies. You should not yield to any urge whatsoever to turn to it. Continue purchasing your daily food as usual. If you are forced to borrow from your stock pile, replenish it as soon as possible. However, the ideal is not to touch it at all unless in an emergency situation.
From time to time, replenish and reshuffle your stock pile. Discard the items that will have expired before their use. Reshuffling implies interchanging the items so that those recently purchased ones are kept at the bottom. It enables you to utilize the ones that have neared their expiry date to avoid the great loss that comes with disposing them off.
There are many ways of testing the palatability of your stocked items. One way is to check their expiry dates. The nearer the expiry date the faster you should use the item to beat the deadline. For bottled water, you have to rotate the stock every six months even if the expiry date is not pinned on the bottle.
The maximum storage period for high acid canned foods such as fruits can be a year or eighteen months. Low acid canned foods like meat, fish and most vegetables can be stored for two to five years.
An emergency food-stock is vital as a precautionary measure. There, you can keep foods that can remain fresh for long, meeting all your basic dietary needs. At any given instant, you should at least have an uninterrupted supply for three days. The water and food therein must be sufficient for all your family members. Depending on your ability, your stock can go for a week, a month or more.
You also require good storage equipment. Necessary hygiene requirements should also be met. The foods stored here should require no refrigeration and should have low salt content. Do not put your store very far as to avoid inconveniences when retrieving the items. Remember a prolonged search is inconvenient in an emergency situation. Humidity and pests are dangerous to stored food and should therefore be kept at bay.
When you go for shopping, you do not need to buy everything at once. You can start with those that are on stock or on offer. Consider the prizes also. Some are very expensive while others are cheap. Depending on your pocket, go for what fits you. However, it is advisable to purchase items from reputable and trusted manufacturers.
The stock is only meant for emergencies. You should not yield to any urge whatsoever to turn to it. Continue purchasing your daily food as usual. If you are forced to borrow from your stock pile, replenish it as soon as possible. However, the ideal is not to touch it at all unless in an emergency situation.
From time to time, replenish and reshuffle your stock pile. Discard the items that will have expired before their use. Reshuffling implies interchanging the items so that those recently purchased ones are kept at the bottom. It enables you to utilize the ones that have neared their expiry date to avoid the great loss that comes with disposing them off.
There are many ways of testing the palatability of your stocked items. One way is to check their expiry dates. The nearer the expiry date the faster you should use the item to beat the deadline. For bottled water, you have to rotate the stock every six months even if the expiry date is not pinned on the bottle.
The maximum storage period for high acid canned foods such as fruits can be a year or eighteen months. Low acid canned foods like meat, fish and most vegetables can be stored for two to five years.
