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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Food Res Int. 2024 Nov 27;200:115424. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.115424

Table 8:

Storage conditions and cross-contamination scenarios simulated in the QMRA model.

Storage conditions scenarios Region Ref
Huaral Huancayo
A % of portions stored in the fridge 56.93% 32.66% (INEI, 2017)
% of portions stored in freezer 6.33% 3.63%
B % of portions stored in the fridge 31.63% 18.15%
% of portions stored in freezer 31.63% 18.15%
C % of portions stored in the fridge 6.33% 3.63%
% of portions stored in freezer 56.93% 32.66%
A, B, C % of portions stored at room temperature 36.75% 63.71%

A, B and C are, respectively, scenarios where 10%, 50% and 90% of the people have a refrigerator in which they keep their chicken portions in the freezer. For each scenario of storage conditions, four cross-contamination scenarios were simulated (20%, 40%, 60% and 80%).