Keeping to food safety and hygiene practices is very necessary most especially in order to prevent foodborne illnesses and that ensures the well being of consumers, be you a consumer or those that prepare food at home or in a commercial setting, there is need to adopt some measure that help to reduce the risk of contamination and ensure the safety of the food of the food we eat.
For those that prepare food, keeping to a proper personal hygiene is necessary which has to do with practice on washing your hands thoroughly with soap and water before preparing food, and there is need to wash your hand after making use of the restroom, and after handling raw meat, poultry, or even seafood, in the other hand there is need to wear clean clothing and hair restraints to prevent contamination of what we eat.
And mind you when preparing and serving food, it is very important to prevent cross contamination that comes from raw and cooked foods, hence by separating utensils, and plates for raw meats is necessary as well, as much as cooking foods to it standard temperatures is as well necessary in place to kill harmful bacteria, that prevent bacterial growth.
Keep food preparation places, utensils, and equipment clean and sanitized to prevent the spread of harmful bacteria across to us and always try as much to wash fruits and vegetables well with water before eating or cooking them, or even clean the surfaces regularly most especially those places that have to be in contact with raw foods.
Another means to do this is by using temperature control for our food safety where storing perishable foods, in the refrigerator at 40°F (4°C) or below to slow the growth of bacteria also ensuring that cooked foods reach safe internal temperatures 145°F (63°C) whoch is quite necessary as the case may be and as well keeping perishable foods refrigerated, and storing it in a airtight containers in a cool, dry place just to regularly to ensure that is well preserved.
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