During receiving, a case of vacuum-packed (ROP) fish has a loose, puffy seal and the package is no longer tight against the product. What should the receiver do?

Giải thích

A reduced-oxygen (ROP/vacuum) package that is puffy, loose, or leaking must be rejected: the lost seal admits oxygen and signals temperature abuse, and Clostridium botulinum toxin is deadly and is not destroyed by cooking. The barrier only protects the fish while the seal is intact, so a failed package cannot be trusted to hold its use-by date. Opening the package to smell it exposes staff and proves nothing, because botulinum toxin has no odor. Freezing halts bacterial growth but leaves any toxin already formed fully active.