Food Safety

Storing, Cooking, Cleaning, Food Poisoning

Food Safety refers to handling, preparing and storing food in a way to best reduce the risk of individuals becoming sick from foodborne illnesses.

The principles of food safety aim to prevent food from becoming contaminated and causing food poisoning. This is achieved through a variety of different avenues, some time of which are:

- Properly cleaning and sanitizing all surface, equipment and utensils
- Maintaining a high level of personal hygiene, especially hand-washing
- Storing, chilling and heating food correctly with regards to temperature , environment and     equipment
- Implementing effective pest control
- Comprehending food poisoning and food intolerance

* Cooking meat safely

   As all raw meat can carry harmful bacteria on the outside , it is important to cook all meat properly     to kill the bacteria that can cause food poisoning. This section advises you on how to handle and       cook meat, and how to check that your meat is fully cooked and safe to eat.

* Cooking vegetables safely

   Most  vegetables are grown and harvested in a relatively natural environment where they can be   
   exposed to bacteria from soil or water. The risks associated with eating vegetables are low. Nevertheless , some sensible steps should be taken when preparing and storing vegetables :

  - Store away from other raw foods, not below meat in the fridge where juices may drip.
  - Wash vegetables before eating by rubbing or brushing under the cold running tap before  cooking o
    or eating 

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