Keeping your kitchen safe

Raw foods, especially chicken and meat, bring unseen germs into your kitchen. These germs can spread very easily to anything that touches raw chicken or meat. For example, germs can get onto: • knives, • chopping boards, • hands, • workto - More>>

Hygiene

Proper cooking kills bacteria such as salmonella and campylobacter. It's important to cook food right through, especially meat. If you eat or serve undercooked food you are risking food poisoning. If meat is properly cooked the centre of the meat - More>>

When to Wash Hands

Some germs can stay alive on our hands for up to three hours and in that time they can be spread to all the things we touch – including food and other people. So wash your hands regularly throughout the day and especially at these times: Before: - More>>

Store Food Carefully

It's important to store food carefully, to stop it going off or becoming contaminated. There are three main things to remember: • keep food at the right temperature • observe "Use by" dates • Separate raw and ready-to-eat foods • You - More>>