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Food Safety Guide
By Elizabeth Mohlmaster
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Table of Content
Introduction to Food Safety 3
Safe Purchasing Practices 4
Safe Storage Practice 5
Safe Preparation Practices 6
Safe Serving Practices 7
General Household Food Safety 8
References 9
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Introduction to food safety
In this guide you will find basic household tips to keep your family well protected from
food safety accidents such as foodborne illness. Food safety is every family members
responsibility if we all follow a few simple rules we can live a healthier happier life. Food safety
covers prevention of accidental “food poisoning” because there are so many ways for our food to
become contaminated prior to ingestion. Things we should be aware of like safe purchasing,
storing, preparation and serving of our food, to prevent many harmful bacteria from poisoning
our family.
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Safe Purchasing Practice
Safe purchasing practices include but are not limited to where you shop and how you
transport your groceries home. Purchasing from a reputable supplier is the first step towards a
happier heathly home. Purchasing meat from ill reputed suppliers can have many harmful effects
some of this meat is already contaminated with bacteria that can cause foodborne illnesses such
as salmonella on poultry, e coli in ground beef. Luckily our family doesn’t eat seafood our but if
we chose to we should be extremely careful in selecting seafood in the markets. For fresh
produce organic is best however in our home I know this isn’t likely going to be the only thing
we eat as it can get pricey and out of budget. We must be aware of how we are putting these
things into our carts in the store. Ensuring a physical barrier between our meats and ready to eat
items is paramount. Some reputable stores approved for shopping in the Mohlmaster house