Fighting Bacteria
When it comes to maintaining standards of food hygiene, knowledge is essential. For example, knowing the places bacteria are commonly found can greatly help you plan your culinary activity and help you focus on the key areas to keep clean. Places bacteria lurk include:
• Eggs and any product containing raw eggs.
• Soft cheeses and mould-ripened cheeses.
• Meat and poultry.
• Unwashed fruit and vegetables.
• Seafood
• Unpasteurised milk
Even cooked foods can contain bacteria if they haven’t been cooked, cooled or stored properly! Do also remember bacteria can spread from raw food to cooked or ready-to-eat food – so make sure you store them separately! In fact, there are various things to remember with regards to raw and cooked food:
• Change or clean knives after using them on raw meat; never allow a utensil that has touched raw meat to touch cooked or ready-to-eat food.
• Use separate chopping boards and utensils for preparing raw foods, cooked foods and fresh foods.
• If a marinade, sauce or oil has been used on raw meat, don’t use it on other kinds of food.
By following these rules and adapting them to various situation, you’ll greatly improve standards of food hygiene and food safety in your kitchen.
Tags: Food Hygiene, Food Poisoning, Food Safety