Kitchen Safety

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Kitchen Safety Sanitation

• Orwhat You Dont Know CAN Hurt You!

Adapted by Dr. Vivian G. Baglien from Paula
Haggerty Family Consumer ScienceInstructor
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Learning Targets

• Learn why it is important to work in a clean and
  safe kitchen.
• Know how to prevent food-borne illnesses.
• Recognize and identify potential safety problems
  found in the kitchen.
• Use good safety and sanitation practices in food
  preparation.

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Orientation

• SANITATION is the process of handling food in
  ways that are clean and healthy.
• SAFETY in the kitchen means using precautionary
  methods in the kitchen to prevent an accident.
• ACCIDENTS happen due to carelessness.

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SAFETY first. How much do you already know about
kitchen safety? For each question below, decide
whether the practice is safe or unsafe. Click
the box next to each question to reveal the
answer.
1. Use a towel or your apron to remove a pan
from the oven. 2. Pour salt or baking soda
over the flames of a grease fire. 3. Wipe up
spills on the floor right away. 4. Pour water
on a grease fire. 5. Tie back long hair. 6.
Climb up on the counter to get items from the top
shelf. 7. Use electric appliances with wet
hands. 8. Wearing loose clothing while working
in the kitchen. 9. Cut away from your body
when using a sharp knife. 10. Keep cabinet
doors open so everything is in easy reach.
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• Do you think youve learned it all now?
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• Test your skill!

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Lets Review.

• Ways to prevent burns and fires.
• Use dry pot holders when handling hot items.
• Do not leave pot holders near a hot burner.
• Turn handles of pans so they dont stick out over
  the edge of the range or over other burners.
• Always lift the lids of saucepans away from you
  so the steam will not burn you.
• Do not reach across hot burners or lit gas
  burners.
• Keep a fire extinguisher in or near the kitchen
  and know how to use it!
• If you have a grease fire, immediately put the
  lid on the pan. If this doesnt work, smother
  the fire with salt, baking soda, sand or a fire
  extinguisher.
• When you have finished cooking, make sure all
  oven and range buttons or dials are turned off.

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Lets Review.

• How to avoid falls.
• Wipe up spills immediately.
• Pick up toys and other objects from the middle of
  the floor or from any traffic area.
• Use a sturdy step stool or ladder to reach high
  places.
• Be sure all floor mats and rugs have nonskid
  backs.
• Keep pets out of the kitchen while youre
  cooking.

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Lets Review.

• How to prevent cuts.
• Always pick up a knife by its handle.
• Always slice, chop, cut or dice foods on a
  cutting board.
• Wash sharp knives separately. Do not simply drop
  knives into the dishwater.
• Always cut food with the blade of the knife down
  and slanting away from you.
• Never put your fingers near the moving parts of
  an electric mixer, food processor, blender or
  garbage disposal.
• Be careful when you discard broken glass. Do not
  pick up pieces with your bare hands. Sweep the
  larger pieces into a dustpan. Use a wet paper
  towel to pick up smaller pieces.

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NEVER use the dish towel to wipe up the floor!!
If you forget to put it into the laundry right
away, it could spread germs from the dirty floor
to clean dishes!
A better and more sanitary solution would be to
use a mop to clean up the spill on the floor.
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OH NO! Allowing meat to thaw on the counter can
allow bacteria to grow and multiply in your food.
A better and more sanitary solution would be to
thaw meat, fish and poultry in the refrigerator.
Keep HOT foods HOT and COLD foods COLD! Click
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Believe your nose! Food that smells spoiled is
probably not safe to use!
Although boiling water might indeed kill any
germs, no amount of boiling can return SPOILED
food to a condition that is safe to eat. Click
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Keep pets off kitchen counters and tables. They
can spread germs.even G-Unit!
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Salmonella can grow in cans that are dented or
bulging. NEVER NEVER use foods from dented cans.
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Never lick a spoon or taste from a spoon and then
put that spoon back into the food.
Use a clean spoon for every taste. Never put
a spoon thats been in your mouth back into the
food you are cooking! Click HERE to return to the
story.
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• Time to learn how to FIGHT BAC!

• BAC (bacteria) make people sick.
• In fact, even though we can't see BAC - or smell,
  feel ,millions may already be invading food
  products, kitchen surfaces, knives and other
  foods
• Fight BAC! and to keep food safe from harmful
  bacteria.
• It's as easy as following these four simple
  steps

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CLEAN Wash hands and surfaces often. SEPARATE
Dont cross contaminate COOK To proper
temperatures CHILL Refrigerate promptly.
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• SUMMARY
• Basic rules of kitchen sanitation include
• practicing good personal hygiene,
• keeping the kitchen sanitary
• preparing and storing food properly.
• By following the guidelines you can feel more
  confident that the food prepared in your kitchen
  is safe to eat.
• Safety is an important part of our everyday
  lives.
• y taking the necessary precautions, you can
  reduce or eliminate burns, fires, falls, cuts,
  electrical shocks, and poisonings in your
  kitchen.
• Put safety first!

IT IS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY!