It is important for people in the hospitality and food preparation industries to know the safety requirements when handling food in large quantities, because it may be slightly different than preparing smaller quantities of food. The risk of food poisoning…
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Learn How to Safely Handle and Prepare Large Quantities of Food
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Article Posts for Week Ending November 23,2012
Here is a list of the articles posted on our blog this last week: Importance of ‘Best before’ and ‘Use-by’ Dates Don’t forget to Wash your Hands! How to Handle Chicken Safely Can Norovirus be spread through Food? Basics of…
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Basics of Food Safety
Keeping food safe for human consumption is not rocket science, all it takes is being cautious and utilising your common sense. Contrary to what many in the food industry think, it is not costly or time consuming and will ensure…
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Can Norovirus be spread through Food?
A lot of people suffer from food poisoning but not many are aware of what the threat of Norovirus really is. Interestingly Norovirus is the leading cause of gastroenteritis in human beings. The sickness shows itself with stomach flu like…
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How to Handle Chicken Safely
Source: Geoff Peters As part of Food Safety Week here in Oz, much attention has been given to chicken consumption safety and how to cook chicken in a way that destroys harmful bacteria, minimising the risk of contracting a foodborne…
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Don’t forget to Wash your Hands!
With Food Safety Week upon us, it is important that we look at some of the most important food safety and food handling issues. One of those issues that should never be forgotten is the importance of personal hygiene and…
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Importance of ‘Best before’ and ‘Use-by’ Dates
Although every food item has a sell-by or best before date stamped onto the packaging, most consumers seldom pay attention to these when shopping. A lot of people just expect retailers to do the right thing and not stock or…
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Australian Food Safety Week Raises Awareness of Cross Contamination
November 12 to 18th is Australian Food Safety Week and will see awareness being raised about the danger of cross contamination, especially cross contamination originating with chicken. Although chicken is the most commonly consumed meat in Oz, there are many…
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Australian Food Safety Week
The Australian Food Safety News is this year focusing on cross contamination and in particular chicken safety. Although chicken is Australia’s most popular meat it can also be the most dangerous if not cooked properly and handled safely. According to…
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Food Safety News Update: Is Mango a High Risk Food?
With all the talk around the Salmonella outbreak which spread across the US recently people in the US have been questioning the safety of mangoes, particularly imported mangoes. The outbreak caused 127 people across 15 American States to become ill.…
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