Why is it important to eat food safely?

Food poisoning is frequently caused by bacteria from foods that have been incorrectly stored, prepared, handled or cooked. Food contaminated with food poisoning bacteria may look, smell and taste normal. If food is not stored properly, the bacteria in it can multiply to dangerous levels.

How can we make sure that the food we are eating is safe?

Keeping Food Safe

1. Wash your hands.
2. Clean surfaces often.
3. Wash fruits and vegetables.
4. Separate and don’t cross-contaminate.
5. Thaw it right.
6. Cook food thoroughly.
7. Refrigerate properly.
8. Know when to throw it out.

What happens if you dont follow food safety?

Poor food hygiene practice will lead to those consuming the food to become severely ill, most likely with food poisoning. Food poisoning can normally be treated at home, treating symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhoea. However, serious food poisoning can require important medical attention.

Why do you think it is important to practice the proper storage of food?

Proper food storage helps to preserve the quality and nutritional value of the foods you purchase, and also helps make the most of your food dollar by preventing spoilage. Additionally, proper food storage can help prevent foodborne illnesses caused by harmful bacteria.

What is unsuitable food?

Unsuitable food is food that is damaged, deteriorated or perished or contains anything that is not part of the food. For example: • chicken fillets that are ‘slimy’; • fruit that is bruised; • cheese that is mouldy; or • a pie found with a fly in the filling.

Why is it important to follow the safety measures in handling food service?

Food safety refers to routines in the preparation, handling, and storage of food meant to prevent foodborne illness and injury. Safe food handling practices and procedures are thus implemented at every stage of the food production life cycle in order to curb these risks and prevent harm to consumers.

Why is it important that food safety policies and procedures are followed at all times?

The legislation ensures the safe handling of food for sale in NSW. Its aim is to protect public health by preventing the sale of contaminated or adulterated food. Failure to follow the NSW Food Act 2003 (the Act) or its associated regulations can result in fines or even jail sentences in extreme cases.

Why food packaging is important in preparing the foods inside the kitchen?

Food packaging lies at the very heart of the modern food industry and very few foods are sold unpackaged. Good packaging prevents waste and ensures that the food retains its desired quality throughout its shelf life.

What is the penalty for food safety?

Following summary conviction for an offence under either FSA 1990, s 7, 14 or 15 in the magistrates’ court, the maximum penalty is six months imprisonment or a fine. The maximum penalty following conviction on indictment for all these offences is two years’ imprisonment or a fine or both.

Why is food safety important in our life?

Food safety plays a very important role in our day to day life. The contaminated food can affect the health of many people especially the people having poor health and immune system. Foodborne diseases can result in stomach pain, loose motions and vomiting. It can also cause long term illness and lead to death.

What happens if you don’t maintain proper food safety?

Even if one person is ill, it doesn’t take time for another person to get in contact and get exposed to the illness. So if proper food safety is not maintained it can cause cross-contamination and everyone who’s consuming that food can get affected. So, it is important to make sure that your staff knows how to stop cross-contamination.

Is it safe to eat from street food?

If you have any doubts that the food could be cross contaminated, don’t eat there. A clear benefit of street food is that you can often see the vendor cooking the food before you. As a result, you can see whether they’ve cooked your food for long enough and if they’ve adhered to safe handling procedures.

Why is it important to think about food differently?

Thinking about food in this way gives us a view of nutrition that goes beyond calories or grams, good foods or bad foods. This view leads us to focus on foods we should include rather than foods to exclude. Instead of viewing food as the enemy, we look to food as a way to create health and reduce disease by helping the body maintain function.

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