Stock your fridge so it preserves food for longer – tutorial

Secondly, if there’s a leak from your raw meat, it will only drip onto the shelf below.

If it was on a higher shelf and leaked onto other food in your fridge, this could lead to cross-contamination.

The middle shelf – or shelves – should be home to your dairy products, such as milk, cheese, butter and yoghurt.

Milk may surprise you, as this is often kept in the fridge door, but its optimum storage area is the middle.

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