Part 3: Food Safety in Kitchens

Heath professionals could play an important role in addressing health concerns by better educating their patients on frequently ignored and often unknown proper food safety techniques that could help to avoid their current health concerns. Adding endpoint cooking temperatures in recipes and educational materials are helpful cues to action for the consumer. Recipe HACCP (Hazard [...]

By |2019-10-11T14:20:21-05:00December 19th, 2017|Food Safety|0 Comments

Part 2: Food Safety in Kitchens

Many consumers feel that using a thermometer to check cooking temps will diminish the opinions others have on their cooking skills. Home cooks take the stance they have never acquired a foodborne illness at home and that it will never happen to them. Consumers give themselves high passing grades for their own food preparation skills [...]

By |2019-10-11T14:20:21-05:00December 12th, 2017|Food Safety, Hygiene|0 Comments

Part 1: Food Safety In Kitchens

Studies have cited that the kitchen is more heavily contaminated with fecal bacteria than bathrooms. Food in the refrigerator that is packed too tightly, restricting air circulation, prohibits proper food temperatures. Microwave ovens are another site of cross contamination risk due to consumers not cleaning regularly. Young children, the elderly, the immunocompromised and pregnant women [...]

By |2019-10-11T14:20:21-05:00December 5th, 2017|Food Safety, Hygiene|0 Comments
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