Why is hygiene in the kitchen so important?

Answer 1

Hygiene refers to the set of practices associated with the preservation of health and healthy living. Hygiene is a concept related to medicine, as well as to personal and professional care practices related to most aspects of living, although it is most often associated with cleanliness and preventative measures.

Good hygiene is important in taking care of yourself physically as well as emotionally. People often have infections because they don't take good care of themselves physically, which can lead to emotional difficulties as well

Now kitchen hygiene is important because:

Food poisoning is a serious health problem. It can cause sever illness and even death. Food poisoning can seriously damage the reputation of your restaurant if you are running a business related with food production. And a person who handles food-wheter you are a kitchen hand or food process worker, a shop assistant or a waiter- you have an important responsibility to handle food safely. So :

food safely. So:

• protect other people and yourself from getting sick.

• protect your reputation in the food

industry.

• protect your business.

• protect your job.

How you can keep kitchen hygiene:

Before Preparing Food. Washing your hands before you prepare food is very important to ensure you don't spread bacteria to your food. Wash them with hot, soapy water for at least 2 minutes before you begin working with food, particularly poultry or red meat. This will keep your food free from bacteria, and will ensure your food is healthy to serve once it's cooked!

After Preparing Food. Again, washing your hands for at least 2 minutes with hot, soapy water after you have prepared food (and before serving) will ensure you don't carry bacteria with you, thus potentially infecting you or others.

Answer 2

There is an old saying, "Cleanliness is next to Godliness". Meaning that it is just as important to keep yourself and your environs clean as it is to be a Godly person.

Cleanliness in the kitchen helps prevent the spread of disease. Salmonella, listeria, and other food borne illnesses start in the kitchen. If you've ever had a case of "food poisoning", you know first hand one of the main reason to keep the kitchen clean.

Food comes from outside! Vegetables are grown in dirt! It only makes sense to wash your fruits and vegetables to get the dirt off. Eating dirt, real live soil, is not an attractive option for most people. With the chemicals sprayed on food today, washing everything is imperative for eating.

Chicken carries salmonella. Surfaces where chicken has rested needs to be disinfected, or that nice clean salad you just made could be contaminated. Food poisoning on a plate is what you serve to your family when you are not clean in the kitchen.

And of course, no one wants to eat off dirty plates with dirty forks and spoons. The sink with hot soapy water is your friend. I like to have a sink full of water when I am preparing food just to make sure that my family doesn't get accidental contamination. Washing the counter after each preparation will contain the bacteria, and the counters won't have to be washed again after I'm done cooking. Besides...it's easier to clean as you go. That way, you won't have a huge mess to clean when you're done.

Answer 3

Well for one thing people can get sick, FDA will be involved if necessary if it where a business. bugs with fly around, attract rodents and part of your house/ business will start to rot and smell. so yeah it's the serious.

Answer 4

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