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Food Safety is Utmost Important While Handling or Cooking Food
With all the diseases in the world today, food safety should beutmost in everyone's mind when handling or cooking food. The wayfood is handled before it is cooked is just as important as thecooking itself and how it is handled afterwards. There are manythings that one has to be mindful of, such as making sure thefood is thoroughly washed. This applies to hom...
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e use as well asrestaurants and fast food outlets. Some foods, such as eggs,dairy products and meat spoil quickly and must be keptrefrigerated. There are bacteria in these foods that can causefood poisoning. You can become very ill and deaths have beenreported from Salmonella food poisoning if proper food safetymeasures are not followed.Before you begin any food preparation, food safety involveswashing your hands with soap and water. All surfaces that youwill be laying the food on should also be washed as bacteria canlive on any surface, even the kitchen countertop. Sponges shouldnever be used for cleaning as they attract and keep small piecesof dirt in the pores. When you are cleaning the surfaces youshould use a mild bleach to make sure you kill all the germs.You should clean out your refrigerator on a regular basis andthrow out food that has been there for some tim...
...e. The propertemperature of a refrigerator is 41 degrees to ensure the safetyof the food inside.When cooking meat you should thaw the meat in the refrigerator.This helps with food safety because the meat is not being thawedat a fast pace. Thaw the meat on the lowest rack to make surethat none of the juices leak on to other foods and spoil them.If you need the food in a hurry, use the defrost feature of themicrowave. When you are buying groceries, always check the bestbefore date on the packaging. Many stores put foods, such asmeats on sale just prior to this date. If you will not be usingthe food before the date, then you shouldn't buy it. Foods inthe freezer that have been there for a long time or have a holein the packaging will most likely have freezer burn. Theseshould be thrown out as they are not safe to eat. When cooking food, one food safety rule is to cook all seafoodto 145 degrees. Raw seafood should never be eaten. Eggs shouldbe cooked until the whites are firm and the yolks begin to gethard. When serving cold food refrigerate it until you are readyto serve it. Likewise, hot food should be kept hot until you areready to serve it....
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