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Controlling Food Contamination and Food-borne Illness

This assignment is about food safety management in the hospitality industry, focusing on the importance of ensuring safe and wholesome food for customers. It discusses the challenges and complexities of food safety, as well as the risks associated with unsafe food. The assignment also highlights the emergence of new threats to food safety and the need for constant vigilance in the industry.

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Added on  2023-02-02

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This presentation discusses the requirements of controlling food contamination to prevent physical and chemical contamination of food. It also compares the characteristics of food poisoning and food-borne infections. Additionally, it explores the methods of controlling food-borne illness.

Controlling Food Contamination and Food-borne Illness

This assignment is about food safety management in the hospitality industry, focusing on the importance of ensuring safe and wholesome food for customers. It discusses the challenges and complexities of food safety, as well as the risks associated with unsafe food. The assignment also highlights the emergence of new threats to food safety and the need for constant vigilance in the industry.

   Added on 2023-02-02

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Food Safety Management
TASK 1
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1.1 Requirements of controlling to prevent physical and chemical
contamination of food
Food Contamination:
• Food contamination means the presence of harmful chemicals and
micro-organism in food that can cause illness of customers.
• Basically, there are four types of food contamination such as
biological, physical, chemical and cross contamination.
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To be Continued
Physical Contamination:
• Physical contamination leads when harmful objects contaminate the food.
• There are various physical contaminants such as hair, pests, rats, glass, metals that
can contaminate food and making it unhealthy.
• There are many requirements to handling food items to prevent this food
contamination. There are:
• It is necessary to tie hair when preparing and handling food in the restaurant or
home.
• It is needed to keep short fingernails and wear clean gloves while handling the
food.
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