Safety Food Guide
categories: Grade 11
- Fire
- Avoid wearing loose-fitting clothing while cooking as the sleeves can easily get caught on the elements.
- Keep flammable objects such as paper towels, pot holders, and tea cloths at a safe distance from the stove and oven.
- Burns/Scalds
- Run cool tap water over thermal burns for 10 to 20 minutes.
- Do not put ice or butter on the burned area as these it doesn’t help and can damage the skin tissue.
- Chemicals
- When working with chemicals it’s important to have good air flow in the area that you’re working in, to minimize exposure.
- Make sure you know what materials you’re working with. You need to be trained with specific chemicals, so you know what you’re doing with it to work safely.
- Slips/Trips/Falls (i.e. how to prevent)
- Putting bags under desks so they aren’t in the way of your pathways in your unit/kitchen.
- Being aware of your surroundings and knowing where cords are to prevent rushing near those areas.
if you run, you will fall like minion dave did.
- Cuts (i.e. how to prevent/how to treat)
- Preventative measures that can be taken to avoid a cut would be to stay focused while chopping/cutting and using a sharp knife.
- With a cut, you start with stop the bleeding with pressure then proceeding to clean around the wound. You then apply antibiotics and wrap the wound.
- Heavy Lifting(i.e. of a bag of flour)
- Bend your hips and knees to squat down keep it close to your body
- Never lift a heavyobject above shoulder level as to not injure yourself or compress your spinal discs
- How to Prevent Food Poisoning
- Wash cutting boards and knives with antibacterial soap and warm to hot water after handling raw meat, poultry, seafood, or eggs.
- Check the inspection scores of the places where dine out. You can check online reviews before you go to eat.
- Waste Management
- Using rags instead of paper towels, in the kitchen is reducing waste as they can be washed and reused.
- Composting food scraps is a good way to cut down your carbon footprint as the less scraps end up in landfill, the less emissions are used in the landfill for them.
- Personal Hygiene
- Keeping your hair and body fresh with showers and deodorant is vital to keep your kitchen sanitary and comfortable.
- To prevent any cross-contamination and make sure your food is up to standards, make sure your hands are always clean and hair is tied back.
