Food Safety & Cold Chain
Ten Rules for Preventing Cross-Contamination
The three routes of cross-contamination, separating surfaces, colour coding, sequencing, fridge layout, cleaning order and record keeping.
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Food Safety & Cold Chain
Cold chain, thawing methods, shelf life, packaging and food safety practice in the kitchen.
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How to Prevent Food Poisoning at Home and at Work
The danger zone, cross-contamination, cooling speed, reheating, hand hygiene, storage times, high-risk groups and record keeping.
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- Food Safety & Cold Chain
How to Read the Nutrition Panel on a Food Label
The mandatory lines of the panel, per hundred grams against per portion, reading sugar and salt, saturated fat, reference intake percentages, ingredient order and claim rules.
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How Long Does Frozen Food Last in a Power Cut?
How long a freezer holds cold, the effect of how full it is, the cost of opening it, monitoring, what can be saved, refreezing rules and preparation.
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What Matters When Transporting Frozen Products
Temperature thresholds, timing in a shop trip, insulated bags, conditions in a vehicle, records in commercial transport, signs of thawing and acceptance.
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Thawing Frozen Food: Four Safe Methods
The danger zone, the gap between surface and centre, thawing in a fridge, in cold water, in a microwave, cooking from frozen and the rule on refreezing.
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What Temperature Should a Freezer Be? A Setting Guide
What minus eighteen means, water activity, temperature fluctuation, measurement, layout, how full to keep it, defrosting and signs of failure.
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Organising Fridge Shelves: What Goes Where?
The temperature map inside a fridge, air circulation, raw and cooked, shelf-by-shelf placement, the door, the drawer, fill level and regular checks.
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- Food Safety & Cold Chain
Use By Versus Best Before: What Separates Them
The legal definitions, which products use which, how dates are set, what to do after the date, the scale of waste and the role of storage.
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