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Food Safety |
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Step 1: Clean - Hands and surfaces
Bacteria can spread throughout the kitchen and get onto hands, cutting boards, knives, dish cloths, sponges and counter tops. Clean frequently and thoroughly. |
Here's how.
- Always wash your hands with soap before preparing or serving food and after:
- handling raw meat, poultry and seafood
- using the washroom or changing diapers
- sneezing/coughing
- handling garbage
- touching pets
- Hand washing steps
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- Wet hands.
- Apply soap.
- Rub hands together for 15 seconds.
- Scrub in between fingers, the back of hands and fingers tips.
- Rinse and towel dry.
- Wash cutting boards, knives, utensils and counter tops with hot soapy water after preparing each food item and before going to the next one.
- Add an extra cleaning step with surfaces. Wipe them using: 1/2 teaspoon of household bleach in one litre of water.
- Dish cloths can be an ideal environment for bacteria to grow and multiply. Change dish cloths often and machine wash them in hot water. Consider using paper towels to clean up kitchen surfaces.
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