What is Food Safety?
Food safety refers to the conditions and practices that preserve the quality of food to prevent contamination and food-borne illness. The routines in preparation, handling, cooking, cooling, and storage of food all play a pivotal part in ensuring we are doing are part to be food safe.
Why Food Safety?
There are about 2,500 known pathogens that can contaminate food and beverage. Some of the most common pathogenic culprits are E.coli, Norovirus, Listeria, and Salmonella bacteria. Highly publicized outbreaks appear in the news on a weekly basis and can cause your business significate damage in consumer confidence.
Be Prepared
When you can have a food safety system that is voluntary and not mandatory, you put yourself in a different league compared to other food establishments. That choice resonates within your four walls and gives all your employees a sense of pride and passion not found within your competition. If your team knows food safety is important to you, it will be to them as well. The food safety commitment starts with you. Are you ready to make it a priority and take the first step?
Food safety and hygiene is of utmost importance for business, as it helps to protect the health of consumers from foodborne illness and food poisoning, Food poisoning occurs when food becomes contaminated by bacteria, viruses, and other germs making those who consumed the contaminated food very ill. Typically, food poisoning can be treated at home within a week, but sometimes food poisoning can be serious and require urgent medical attention. Therefore, knowing how to protect consumers from food poisoning is essential.
