Food safety, no matter what environment, is extremely important and can have a huge impact on how a business performs. Get things right, and you’re a hero amongst men, get things wrong, and you are enemy number one with a heavily tarnished reputation. If a customer has a bad experience in your establishment, how do you think that will affect you? Badly of course. In the long run, the ...
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A lack of food safety can give way to foodborne illnesses. These are a preventable and underreported public health problem. These illnesses are a burden on public health and contribute significantly to the cost of health care. They also present a major challenge to certain groups of people. Although anyone can get a foodborne illness, some people are at greater risk. For example: Children ...
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Food safety and sanitation begins at production and continues through the preparation process. If unsafe handling has occurred at any stage, there could be a potential of danger. There have been times when contamination has taken place at the meat production and processing stage, and if contamination occurs during manufacturing, a consumer could inadvertently cook contaminated ...
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Because foodborne illness and outbreaks can occur so easily, food handler training is required by law in many states. That means that employees may not handle food without valid proof of training. In addition, many states require food handlers to keep their food handler cards current by renewing them at legally defined intervals.
Through training, food handlers gain important ...
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A lack of food safety can give way to foodborne illnesses. These are a preventable and underreported public health problem. These illnesses are a burden on public health and contribute significantly to the cost of health care. They also present a major challenge to certain groups of people. Although anyone can get a foodborne illness, some people are at greater risk. For example: Children ...
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Every day people get ill from the food they eat. Bacteria, viruses and parasites found in food can cause food poisoning. Often, there's no way of telling if food is contaminated because it might not look, taste or smell any different from normal. Food safety is required, as it refers to the conditions and practices that preserve the quality of food to prevent contamination and food-borne ...
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Proper hygiene is very important when it comes to food preparation. Without washing hands and kitchen tools, diseases may easily spread. In some places in South Africa, this crucial matter is not always known and is unfortunately taken lightly.
Since cross-contamination is a major cause of food poisoning and can transfer bacteria from one food item to other foods, it is crucial to be ...
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Food poisoning can cause serious illness and even death, particularly in the elderly. This is especially important in residential care settings where food is being prepared and served to large numbers, and where service users are at particular risk from foodborne illnesses.
Older people may be more likely to suffer from food poisoning and become ill because aging weakens the immune ...
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A food safety management system is a group of practices and procedures put in place to actively control risks and hazards throughout the food process and ensure regulatory compliance.
A safety management system for food can ensure regulatory compliance to ISO standards by actively controlling risks and hazards throughout the food process. Significant biological, chemical or physical ...
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September is the national food safety month which is now recognized all over the globe. National Food Safety Month was created in 1994 to heighten the awareness about the importance of food safety education. This year’s theme is “National Food Safety Month 20-year anniversary: Top 20 tips”, offering the best tips from the past 20 years of the National Food Safety Month. ...
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