Mumps is an infection caused by a virus. It mainly affects the salivary glands but sometimes other parts of the body are affected. Mumps normally affects children, but can occur at any age. Mumps is now rare in the UK as children are routinely immunised against mumps.
Used as a preservative for most of history, honey is also one of the foods that donât need to be refrigerated. In fact, storing it in an environment thatâs too cool increased the chances of glucose crystallizing inside the honey.
Foods that can be safely stored at room temperature, or âon the shelf,â are. called âshelf stable.â These non-perishable products include jerky, country. hams, canned and bottled foods, rice, pasta, flour, sugar, spices, oils, and. foods processed in aseptic or retort packages and other products that do not.