Care and handling of mushrooms

Care and Handling for Consumers

• Select Mushrooms without visible moisture on the outside or in the pack
• To store bulk/loose mushrooms, place in a paper bag or keep in the original package and refrigerate.
• Mushrooms with open veils have more intense flavor and are usually better when refrigerate cooked
• To clean mushrooms, use remove any traces of peat moss or soil; or rinse quickly and a soft brush to
• Soaking fresh pat dry mushrooms or rinsing open veiled mushrooms may add excess moisture.

Care and handling for Retail

• Reducing farm to shelf time as well as high temperature flucuations
• Working with retailers to lower mushroom display case temperatures.
• Initiating activity with retailers to train produce managers to be more aggressive in rotating displays, culling poor product.
• Improving store ordering procedures to reduce back room carryover inventory.

Care and handling for Food service

• Refrigerate fresh mushrooms immediately upon receipt.
• Store between 34 F and 38 F.
• Keep in original shipping container
• Don’t stack heavy items on top of mushrooms
• Quickly rinse just before use.