Secure Zone Safety - Safety Training

Safety Training

Food poisoning occur quite often and can almost always be prevented. Why not put your family through a little safety training on the topic of proper food safety. Having the whole family involved with this kind of safety training will help them develop habits that can eliminate the risk of food poisoning for everyone.

Keeping healthy with the help of a little safety training

Making sure that food is handled properly is the first step in food safety training. Bacteria in large amounts causes the body to react and the most common cause of food poisoning is eating raw foods. Cross contamination is another cause. Cross-contamination is the transfer of bacteria from other food, objects, or people. Bacteria flourishes in temperatures between 40-140 degrees Fahrenheit.

The next step in the food safety training should be the implementation of he following which can prevent most food poisoning cases:

Wash hands before, during, and after preparing food. Use soap and wash for at least 20 seconds.
Clean cutting boards, utensils, and any other items used for food preparation in hot, soapy water. A diluted bleach solution is very effective for cutting boards and counters.
Wash fruits and vegetables well.
Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold. Keeping food at room temperature for 2 hours or more causes bacteria to begin to multiply.
Don't buy food from dented, bulging, or rusted cans. When you are in doubt, just throw it out.
When eating out, avoid rare or raw meat.
Don't eat any food that looks, smells, or tastes unusual.
Only drink milk and juice that has been pasteurized (which means it has been sterilized to kill harmful bacteria)

Following these guidelines of food safety training will dramatically decrease your chance of getting food poisoning. It will also instill in your children the importance of being diligent about cleanliness in the kitchen and with food in general.