How long can frozen and fresh meats safely be kept together in a small chest freezer that is not turned on?

I don't know but I worked for this lady who was 83 and I would take her shopping for her groceries. She always bought red meat, steaks or ground beef or liver, even chicken or whatever.

She and I would go to eat and she wanted to go pay her bills.

We went to thrift stores.

I remember her groceries being in the car for two hours and I asked her why she didn't seem concerned about leaving her groceries that long without refrigerating them., She always said, "They'll be okay."

It really did concern me but I knew she knew what she was doing, she was very sharp.

Anyway she always was okay and she said two hours was the limit to leave them without refrigeration.

So go figure about your chest freezer.

Personally I would not leave them for more than an hour.

But you can google it and get your answer on the care of fresh meats.