Food Safety In The Workplace

What is food safety? Safe food handling means that food is stored, prepared and served to reduce the risk of Food Borne Illness. Why is food safety important for food workers? Food safety is important to food workers because it is a major component in business. I say that because if costumers know that a restaurant doesn’t practice safe food handling, they will not want to eat there. There are 3 important factors in Food Service Industry, which are personal hygiene, managing temperature control and avoiding cross-contamination. The first important part of food safety is personal hygiene. This is an important part of food safety because the workers are the ones that are preparing the food. Since the workers are preparing the food, the workers need to practice safe food handling. There are a few ways a worker can practice food safety. The first way that a worker can practice food safety is by washing his/her hands. To wash your hands safely, you will need to follow the following steps.
1. Make sure that the sink has warm water, towels and soap.
2. Then get your hands wet, and apply soap.
3. After applying soap, scrub your hands, wrists and your fore arms for 20 seconds.
4. Make sure that you wash your hands in between your fingernails and fingers.
5. Finally, dry you hands with a paper towel.
Those are the steps to wash your hands properly. The second way to practice personal hygiene is to keep your fingernails trimmed, so that you can scrub …show more content…
However, this can be avoided by practicing three easy strategies. These strategies are personal hygiene, managing temperature control, and avoiding cross contamination. By practicing these steps in your kitchen, you can improve the quality of your food. That is why you should practice these three steps in your kitchen. There are 3 important factors in Food Service Industry, which are personal hygiene, managing temperature control and avoiding