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Category: Health & Safety

  • Clostridium perfringens

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    Clostridium perfringens is found in virtually all soils, except those of the Sahara desert. It’s one of those nasty spore-forming bacteria which are hard to destroy, and is most commonly a cause of food poisoning where meat or poultry dishes have been left to cool slowly. It’s particularly associated with gravy, pies and large joints…

  • Equipment-to-food contamination

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    Equipment and work surfaces can easily be contaminated by foods, particularly raw meat and poultry, by pests, and even by the food handler. Then the equipment will pass on the bacteria to any other food it comes into contact with. Any items which have come into contact with raw meat or poultry, or their juices,…

  • Some ways in which bacteria get into food

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    Staphylococcus aureus can enter food in any of the following ways: sneezing and coughing head scratching nose picking smoking food handling when you have a septic cut Salmonella can get into food: Often from the food handler’s gut due to not washing their hands after using the toilet. The main sources of salmonella are eggs,…

  • Hygiene Control

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    Hygiene control is the adoption of practices which reduce the risk of clean food being contaminated. The aim of hygiene control is to prevent the spread of bacteria. Direct contamination may occur when high risk food has close contact with a contaminated source. Indirect contamination is more frequent. This happens when something else, such as…

  • Humans and bacteria

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    We’ve already looked at how raw food can carry food poisoning bacteria. Now for the next culprit – the human body. There are several areas of the human body which carry food poisoning bacteria. Staphylococcus aureus can be found on hands, skin, throat, mouth, ears, hair and fingernails. Salmonella can also be present in the…

  • Sources of food poisoning bacteria

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    Before you can protect food from bacteria, first you need to know some facts. Where did the bacteria come from and how did they come to be present in the food? The answer is that most bacteria come from human and animal sources. We’ll go through the sources one by one. Raw Foods Many bacteria,…