Tag Archives: Food Safety

Safety 06-Food Contamination

Posted on April 23, 2011 by cwhitpan

We will continue our food safety regime this week with a very important component, contamination.  Food is considered contaminated when it contains a hazardous substance.  They can be either physical, biological or chemical.  Most common is the the biological which … Continue reading →

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Safety 05-What Microorganisms Need to Grow

Posted on April 2, 2011 by cwhitpan

They say that most of the time you have the 24 hour flu, you have actually been food poisoned.  This is one reason we should talk about what a microorganism needs to grow, so that we can prevent that from … Continue reading →

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Safety 04-Potentially Hazardous Foods

Posted on March 19, 2011 by cwhitpan

When it comes to keeping a safe kitchen, we have talked about a few of the key compenets with how to store and cross contamination.  Now its time to talk about what exactly we need to be careful WITH.

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Safety 01-Great Food Starts With a Clean Kitchen

Posted on February 26, 2011 by cwhitpan

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has stated that hand washing is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infection.  It is the single most important thing you can do to help keep your food safe.

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Safety 03-Highway to the Danger Zone

Posted on February 19, 2011 by cwhitpan

Food safety is something the home cook thinks they understand, but probably you probably want a bit more information on the subject.  It would be my feeling that a home economics class in this would make more sense than cooking … Continue reading →

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