From full-service restaurants and hotels to hospitals and healthcare facilities, regular cleaning and sanitizing are essential to ensuring food safety wherever food is handled in a commercial kitchen.Many food-borne illness outbreaks occur as a result of poor cleaning and sanitizing procedures, and different kitchen items will require a different approach.When deciding on the best approach to take for cleaning and sanitizing, these are some aspects to take into consideration: The three most common cleaning methods used in commercial kitchens are: Note: To ensure food safety, cleaning must always be followed by sanitizing. For the purpose of this article, “cleaning” refers to cleaning…
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You can get sick with food poisoning after swallowing certain germs, like Salmonella or E. coli. Your symptoms may vary, depending on the germ you swallowed. Symptoms can range from mild to serious and can last for a few hours or several days. The most common symptoms of food poisoning are: If you have diarrhea or vomiting, be sure to drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration (not having enough water in your body). Should I See a Doctor for Food Poisoning? See a doctor if you have any symptoms that are severe, including: See your doctor if you are pregnant and have…
In a relationship, do you feel more loved when your partner: Answering these questions could give you a hint as to what your love language might be. You could also try to recall the sorts of things you ask for in a relationship or consider how you express love to your partner. Chapman also offers an online 30-question quiz to help you determine your dominant love language. Your partner’s love language might not be the same as yours. When couples have different primary love languages, there are bound to be misunderstandings. However, if your partner learns to speak your love language (and…
The five love languages describe five ways that people receive and express love in a relationship. These are words of affirmation, quality time, physical touch, acts of service, and receiving gifts. Knowing your partner’s love language and letting them know yours is a way to help you both feel loved and appreciated. Author and Pastor Gary Chapman describe how to use these love languages to show your partner you care for them in a way that speaks to their heart. The Five Love Languages Chapman’s book “The 5 Love Languages” was first published in 1992. Before writing the book, Chapman began to notice patterns…
When it comes to eating, many of us have developed habits. Some are good (“I always eat fruit as a dessert”), and some are not so good (“I always have a sugary drink after work as a reward”). Even if you’ve had the same eating pattern for years, it’s not too late to make improvements. Making sudden, radical changes, such as eating nothing but cabbage soup, can lead to short term weight loss. However, such radical changes are neither healthy nor a good idea and won’t be successful in the long run. Permanently improving your eating habits requires a thoughtful…
Waste attracts pests and can cause food contamination. It can also cost you points on your health inspection. Find out the top 10 rules for waste disposal in a food business. Waste attracts pests and can cause cross-contamination of food that is being served to customers. Food businesses must have the proper equipment in place to manage both liquid and solid waste, and have strict procedures for waste management, including regular garbage collection. Top ten (10) rules for effective waste disposal [Article Source]
Often when we cook at home or eat in a restaurant, we have leftovers. To ensure that leftovers are safe to eat, make sure the food is cooked to a safe temperature and refrigerate the leftovers promptly. Not cooking food to a safe temperature and leaving food out at an unsafe temperature are the two main causes of foodborne illness. Safe handling of leftovers is very important to reducing foodborne illness. Follow the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service’s recommendations for handling leftovers safely. Cook Food Safely at Home The first step in having safe leftovers is cooking the food…
It’s every parent’s and child’s desire to have a functional family, but unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen. Sometimes it’s even difficult to tell if your family is functional or not. So, for you to know if you live in a functional family, you first have to understand an active family. This article will help you to define a functional family. What Is a Functional Family? A functional family is a family where two adults (a husband and wife) are at the center of the family, in charge and pulling together in the same direction. It can also be defined as…
A lot of people feel trapped in a dissatisfying or troubled marriage. They feel powerless to ‘fix’ it because their spouse refuses to join them in counseling or a marriage enrichment course. Yet in truth, there are lots of things a husband or wife can do on their own that can have a dramatic impact. Here are five simple strategies to start turning your marriage around. The old adage ‘count your blessings’ is powerful wisdom. A habit of gratitude and appreciation is a discipline with big payoffs. When we consciously express our gratitude to our spouse, it increases his/her sense of being valued,…
Ahead of the release of the Labour Force Survey by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), stakeholders have queried the accuracy of the new methodology, expected to reduce Nigeria’s unemployment figure. They argued that the report, which gave the basis for how labour surveys should be conducted, restricted those to be surveyed because of the time it was conducted. As such, they maintained that the report is faulty as it does not provide some indices to accurately provide information on how households use their labour resources, as well as the subsequent impact on the livelihoods and well-being of the people.…