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Food Safety
Food safety refers to various techniques used to ensure that food is properly prepared, stored, and preserved. Practicing food safety starts from the purchase the actual purchase of food items to the proper storage of leftovers.
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I met a man that told me about a friend of his that hunted all of his food and one evening served up some beaver...the guy said is was kinda greasy and gave him the worst gas he'd had in his life..not painful just awful smelly.
Is it okay to eat homemade chicken soup 3 days old?
I wouldnt. If it was in a can and had expired less than 3 months ago it would be fine...but not a homemade one unless it was in the freezer for less than 4 months!
How can you stop bacteria from growing?
There are several methods. The most common is to keep the media (food, nutrition source for the bacteria) cold as temperatures below 40 degrees Fahrenheit inhibit (but do not prevent) bacterial growth. Another common method is to reduce the water activity of the media, either by removing water (drying) or adding substances that bind the water and make it unavailable to bacteria (salt, sugar). There are also various antimicrobial chemicals, agents, processing aids and other substances that will either directly or indirectly inhibit or prevent bacterial growth.
What type of food hazard is it when you find a plaster in food item?
Finding foreign objects in food served anywhere is a health and safety hazard.
Can you use baby food jars for canning?
If you use fresh lids and the jars have been throughly cleaned and sanitized, you might be able to use them for canning.
Can prosciutto ham be eaten without cooking?
If you cannot find something in the store labelled "parma ham", look for "prosciutto". As far as substitutes go, if you are using thin slices to wrap around asparagus or melon, for example, there isn't really a good substitute. If you have a recipe calling for diced parma ham to be, for example, sauteed in a pan as a flavoring enhancement for a dish, you could substitute a good quality bacon or perhaps Canadian bacon.
If you are allergic to pork can you have a pet pig?
If you are allergic to pork, you avoid pork. Sometimes that is hard to do. Entirely too much food is cooked with pork. Too much food is fried in pork fat. It is hard watching everyone else eating some delicious ham while I sit there munching on rabbit food. Still, sleeping in bed all night beats sitting up in the bathroom all night and feeling miserable.
Microwave frozen water bottle?
As water freezes and becomes ice it expands in volume.
If a bottle is half-filled with water and then frozen, the bottle should remain intact because the volume of air in the bottle will contract as the water/ice expands and so the airspace will accommodate the final volume of the ice.
If the bottle is completely filled with water and then frozen, the bottle will most likely break because there is no airspace to 'absorb' the expansion of the water/ice. As the freezing is a relatively slow process, the bottle will not explode, but will in all likelyhood crack and may break apart.
Can you eat rabbit infected with myxomatosis?
i want to know this too cause i shot a rabbit and wanted to eat it but it had a tape worm so didnt.... if you cook it good enough will it be ok??? no have you not heard that you can get tape worms from cooked burgers..same applies here
Can you eat a 3 day old hot dog?
A 3 day old hot dog should be safe to eat if it's been refrigerated.
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Unlike teas such as green tea, it is not baked.
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How long is a cooked chicken safe to eat after cooking and refrigerated?
2 days, this is not totally accurate. According to the Georgia State Environment Health Manual (they inspect restaurants), the accurate, but qualified answer is 7 days. Food maintained below 40 degrees F or above 135 degrees F may be maintained and served for 7 days. That includes basically all foods, both vegetable and meat. If any food is maintained in the danger zone, between 40F and 135F for four hours should be discarded. Keep it below 40F or above 135F and you are good to go.
Is it ok to drink an expired nestea ice tea?
This answer is no help to anyone: "no because it is very nasty and the most thing is is that people are so weird that they drink everything" Please fill in a serious answer
Should fast food resturants wear plastic gloves or use their bare hands?
Fast food restaurants are business entities and do not have hands.
Employees of fast food restaurants may or may not need to wear plastic gloves, depending on the functions they are performing.
People engaged ONLY in the preparation of food need not wear gloves as long as they wash their hands at the appropriate times. However, some local health departments may nevertheless require the use of gloves.
People who handle money but not food need not wear gloves.
People who handle money and also handle unwrapped food should wear gloves when handling food, but NOT when handling money, or vice versa.
Anyone using gloves for sanitation purposes should know how to put them on and take them off without spreading contamination, and should know when they can reuse a pair of gloves and when they cannot.
Is it safe to eat cultured pasteurized yogurt?
Yes. It is safer than drinking unpasteurised milk.
Homogenisation ensures that the cream does not float to the top of the milk.
Pasteurisation is a heat process that kills all pathogens (harmful bacteria) and most spoilage bacteria.
How do you know if your chicken soup is safe to eat?
Well if its changing colors and its turned black or white its most likely mold. Which is bad because mold is not healthy for your body.
-----> If the shape has changed(gone sloppy, softer/harder, decreased weight rapidly without eating it), colour (could be green,white,black), if it stinks(more than it had before) or if you buy food which has expired it's date
these types of food have gone off/expired.
Is ginger that is green inside safe to eat?
at the moment i am consuming a ginger that is absolutly fresh and its blue-greenish inside.
the moment you cook it,it turns yellow-white.
you can check the freshness by squezing it,when it gets soft its loosing freshness.
also you can check the skin,the less woody it is the better is your ginger.
dont let the color fool you :)
Does reheating chicken kill the bacteria after it was left out?
Yes, but I would not recommend eating it if it has been left unrefrigerated for more than 2 hours.
Why can you hold a hot drink in a polystrene cup without burning yourself?
The polystyrene is a foam consisting of a lot of air pockets that do not transfer heat quickly. It does depend upon the thickness of the polystyrene. Thinner ones will transfer heat quicker.
What temperature does the food standards act 1999 say that high risk food be cooked?
The Food Standards Agency is a government department of the UK. Bacteria are killed at high temperatures so it is important that food is cooked thoroughly to a core temperature of at least 75 degrees C for at least two minutes.
What practices might lead to food contamination in your workplace?
use the same spoon for 2 different things use gloves for 2 different things not wash your hands cough on food sneeze on food touch your face touch your hair scratch your body touch raw things use the restroom and not wash your hands
How old do you have to be to do a food safety course?
18 in most places but if you are a student for courses like HRM (hotel and restaurant management) or your in a culinary school, you can take them up on your free time (if your school doesn't already provide them). Also if you are already working in a food establishment (restaurant, food kiosk, etc) you should take this course.
Can a baked potato left out all night still be eaten?
A potato left too long will turn brown, but it will make nice hash browns for breakfast.
A RAW, peeled potato with change color if exposed to air. Do not eat a cooked potato that has been sitting in room temperature over night!
How long can chicken beef and pork be frozen and still be safe to eat?
From a microbiological standpoint, it would be safe forever. Palatability is another issue and will depend upon how good the freezer is and on the packaging used.
Raw cuts of beef could be OK for 6-12 months. Ground beef or small pieces should be used within 3-4 months. Use up cooked beef within 3 months.
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