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Category: Health & Safety

  • Kitchen Cloths

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    Wiping cloths can pick up bacteria when used to clean work surfaces and equipment. Once a cloth has bacteria on it the bacteria can easily be transferred to other surfaces or equipment. The danger arises particularly when the cloth has been used for wiping areas where raw meat and poultry have been prepared and then…

  • Food handler to food contamination

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    To reduce the risk of contaminating food while you’re handling it you must: use tongs, plastic gloves, food bags or wrapping paper to pick up items carry food in containers or trays never use your fingers to test food use cutlery only once for tasting food not lick your fingers or blow into bags  …

  • More about food contamination

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    The previous article looked at how the food handler can avoid the risk of contaminating food. Now we’ll look at some other ways of avoiding food contamination. Prepared food should be safely stored at the correct temperature and removed only a short time before being required for consumption. However, even in this short “stand out”…

  • Personal Hygiene – Hands

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    The following rules apply to food handlers in a public or commercial environment. However, there’s no reason why every cook shouldn’t follow them at home too. Bacteria live in and on your body and you can transfer them to food if you don’t maintain a high standard of personal hygiene. One of the easiest ways…

  • Other Personal Hygiene Issues

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    Face and head Bacteria live in your nose, mouth, throat, and ears and can be transferred easily to food, work surfaces and equipment. Bacteria also live in your hair and scalp. Unwashed hair carries even more bacteria, and these bacteria can fall into the food. The rules are that you should avoid coughing and sneezing…

  • Personal Hygiene – and finally…

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    We’re nearly finished this section now, just a couple more points and we’re through… Protective Clothing By law commercial food handlers must wear suitable clean clothing. Everyday clothing can contain bacteria so you should wear over-clothing or uniforms when working in the food preparation area. A soiled uniform can spread bacteria, so in some cases…