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Tag: Food contamination

  • Keep pests away from food

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    There are three main kinds of pests which are commonly found in places where food for human consumption is prepared or stored. (There’s also a fourth type, namely student chefs who can eat like a plague of locusts sometimes, but that’s a different story.) The main types are: rodents – such as mice and rats…

  • Colour Coding

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    The previous article looked at equipment to food contamination and suggested using separate equipment and utensils for raw and cooked foods. Colour coding is one way to achieve this. Most commercial kitchens use colour coded chopping boards, and even colour coded knives, cloths, etc. Here’s a table of the most usual colour coding system. Colour…

  • Prevent Cross-Contamination

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    Here are some rules to prevent cross-contamination of food. Identify separate parts of the work area for dealing with raw meat and poultry and foods which will be eaten without being subjected to any further cooking This isn’t always feasible in a domestic environment, in which case you could use separate chopping boards for raw…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • Sources of Food Poisoning

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    Food poisoning is caused by contaminated food. So what causes food to be contaminated? bacteria viruses other poisons Bacteria Bacteria are small living organisms, too small to see with the naked eye. They multiply like crazy on food that’s not prepared or stored properly. But these little beasts, bacteria, are by far the most common…