Table 4.
Remaining shelf-life data for 176 samples of refrigerated pâté
| Shelf life in days | Number of samples | Totals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catering (n = 79) | Retail, supermarkets (n = 65) | Retail, other (n = 32) | ||||||||
| S | B | U | S | B | U | S | B | U | ||
| 0–5 | 38 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 80 |
| 6–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 11–20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| 21–30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 31–40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| >40* | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
S, satisfactory; B, borderline; U, unsatisfactory.
*
Range 41–211 days, of all 29 samples, eight had a remaining shelf life of >100 days.