**Meat arrived above 80°F
**Meat arrived above 80°F — Campo Grande initially defended the shipment**
I was really looking forward to trying Campo Grande. Unfortunately, my order shipped Monday and arrived Thursday during 100-degree Texas summer weather.
When I opened the box, there was no dry ice remaining. The meat wasn't simply thawed or cool to the touch. It was warm, with some pieces feeling hot.
I contacted Campo Grande immediately and told them I had thrown the meat away because I did not consider it safe to eat.
Their initial response surprised me. They pointed out that the package had arrived within their 1–3 business day delivery window and explained that thawed meat can safely be refrigerated or refrozen.
But my complaint wasn't that the meat had thawed.
**It was warm.**
At their request, I went back out to the garbage, retrieved the packages, photographed them and checked the temperature. The meat was above 80°F. I sent them the pictures and temperature information.
I have no way of knowing how long perishable meat that arrived above 80°F had been at an unsafe temperature, so there was no chance I was going to serve it to my family or guests.
Shipping frozen meat in summer inevitably carries some risk. What bothered me most was the response. Once a customer reports that perishable meat arrived warm—not merely thawed—I would expect the first concern to be food safety and making the customer whole, not whether the package technically arrived inside the promised delivery window.
I have the photographs, temperature readings and complete email exchange documenting what happened.
20. elokuuta 2026
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