1. Fruit and Vegetables

8. What should be refrigerated and what can be left at room temperature? Fruit and vegetables, in particular fresh cuts, should be kept in the refrigerator at less than 5°C to maintain optimum freshness and ensure food safety. Some vegetables and fruit do not require refrigeration, such as: · Bananas, garlic, onions, potatoes, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes. The following vegetables and fruit can be kept at room temperature until ripe, and then should be refrigerated: · Apricots, avocados, kiwifruit, mangoes, melons, nectarines, papaya, peaches, pears, plums and tomatoes.

10. Apples Oranges Cantaloupe Bananas Watermelon Cherries Pears Apricots Kiwi fruit

11. Mangoes Apricots Star fruit Plums Strawberries Lychees Pineapple Papaya Passion fruit

12. Blueberries Grapes Nectarines Tomatoes Figs Raspberries Avocado Blackberries Lemons

13. Carrots Onions Peas Potatoes Mushrooms Cauliflower Zucchini Broccoli Pumpkin

14. Brussels sprouts Beans Capsicum Corn Radish Turnip Eggplant Leek Asparagus

15. Celery Snow peas Bokchoy Parsnip Sweet potato Fennel Spinach Garlic