Staff Writer7/25/2022The general food safety guidelines are to cook food thoroughly, keep food clean, avoid cross contamination, and eat food before it goes bad.
One of the most important things you can do to prevent foodborne illness is to wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water before handling food. Handwashing is especially important after using the bathroom or handling raw meat, poultry, or seafood.
If soap and water are not available, you can use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
The best way to keep food preparation areas clean is to wash them with hot, soapy water after every use. This includes counters, cutting boards, and knives. If you have a dishwasher, you can also run your cutting boards and knives through it on the sanitize cycle.
Use a food thermometer to make sure meat, poultry, and fish are cooked to the right temperature.
Follow these general guidelines-
Perishable foods are those that can spoil or go bad quickly if they are not properly refrigerated. Promptly refrigerating perishable foods helps to keep them fresh and prevents them from going bad too soon. Properly Refrigerating perishable foods means storing them at the correct temperature, which is usually below 40 degrees Fahrenheit.Keeping perishable foods properly cooled helps to preserve their quality and prevent them from becoming unsafe to eat.
