How long can food sit in the car?

[pinkmoon37]

Bit of a strange one but we are off to center parcs on Monday and planning on doing some shopping on our way. As we can't check in until 4 but plan on getting there about 12ish to use the facilities I'm wondering if food such as ham, cheese, yoghurts, chicken etc could sit in the car for a few hours (4 hours ish) since it's cold outside anyway at the moment or am I being really stupid and going to give us food poisoning?

Can you bring a cool bag and some ice packs or get a bag of ice? I'd not leave chicken in the car for 4 hours and I have very relaxed about that sort of thing! Hate to ruin the holiday...

Proper temperature control, insulation, and packing are key considerations to ensure that perishable foods remain safe for consumption during transportation.

And this answers the OP's question in what way?

Freeze milk now and use it as ice packs for your dairy items, same with meat, just take it frozen. Then just buy all your non-perishables on the way there. I’d be worried in the height of summer but it’ll stay cold enough in your car next week.

well lets see, milk left out in the boot not insulated or packaged correctly or protected against heat how long would that last vs milk that is temperature controlled, insulated against direct heat, and packed eg cool bags ect

then apply the same logic to various other items and then you see how that helps by making the items last longer

or would you prefer an extra long detailed answer for all various food types ?

also why and how does your question of my response help the op in any way especially when you have not offered any information to help the op ?
At least i made the effort to assist the op.