Prepare food safely - 4 simple tips

A significant safety hazard - is one that we all must take to avoid contaminated food. Harmful micro-organisms and bacteria that can grow to item food stomach disease almost everyone or even cause death. Although there is no avoiding absolutely foolproof way to exposure to this dangerous germs can practice good food security greatly reduce the risk of a victim of food poisoning.

Wash your hands

Your hands thoroughly and frequently wash one of the simplest rules is preparing food. To do this, wet your hands under warm, running water, foam with SOAP for at least 20 seconds and rinse thoroughly afterwards. Make sure in skin folds and to clean under your fingernails. These are prime places for germs to hide. Although secular, helps, wash your hands to prevent food poisoning in several ways. First, it prevents you from transferring any bacteria or harmful substances you can have accumulated on your hands to your food. Secondly, by washing your hands often and between the different steps of preparing food, can cross avoid contaminating your food.

Cook thoroughly

Meat, poultry, fish and eggs are some of the best places for bacteria thrive. Raw meat are particularly notorious for with any number of harmful germs. The best way to kill these bacteria is thoroughly by cooking all meat; extreme heat will be able to destroy most germs. The best way to tell when meat is well cooked with a meat thermometer. Some rules of thumb: Beef and pork should be cooked to 160 degrees, 180 degrees, poultry and ground meats to 165 degrees. Of course, not everyone has - or want to buy - a meat thermometer. In this situation is often a good indicator - the pink are meat should be undercooked.

To avoid contamination of cross

Although fruit and vegetables than meat too dangerous bacteria are far less likely port, are you not 100% sure. Also different types of food are mixed bacteria can "jump ship" and cross contaminate both food. Blood and juices from raw meat, contain such as a large number of bacteria. When this liquid fruit or vegetables are exposed, you can also be contaminated. To avoid this, make sure different types of food to keep well separated. Cook in stages and it cut not raw meat and vegetables on the same cutting board without first wash.

Keep a clean kitchen

A popular set of statistics shows kitchen counters, sinks, and surfaces are home to more bacteria than the typical bathroom. A study showed that the kitchen chopping board Yes, can the same Board, where you have your meat, vegetables, fruits and more - slice, about 200 times the number of bacteria on the toilet seat. All these disgusting figures show something - it is imperative that you keep your kitchen clean. Can not waste or leftovers to pile up. Wash dishes often and well. Replace worn or polluted cutting boards, cleaning rags and sinks. Neater and cleaner is your kitchen, less hiding places germs breed and wait in the foods you can eat.

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Joseph Devine