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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Culinary Arts 2
Blog Journal 1:Working at a buffet style restaurant presents many opportunities for food to become contaminated. Discuss at least 3 ways you can be sure to keep food safe for the customers.
To keep food safe for the customers, 1. you have to wash your hands before you go/return to work and after a break so feces wont get into the food. 2. never cut up any kind of beef or poultry on a cutting board labeled for any kind of fruit or vegetables so cross contamination doesn't happen. always wear a clean uniform with no food stains etc.
3 ways to keep food safe for customers: 1. Use separate tongs for each dish to not cross-contaminate food. 2. Use sneeze guards at each buffet station and make sure each customer uses a clean plate when they come up to the buffet each time. 3. Check temperatures on each dish in buffet to make sure it has not been out for too long. (Time-temperature abuse)
1. Check food temperatures at least every four hours so the food temperature does not fall in the danger zone for pathogens. 2. Put up proper sneeze guards 3. have the right amount of serving utensils, so the same one is not used for other foods
One way is time and temperature abuse. By leaving food in a warmer there is no guarantee that the food will remain at a temperature of 165. Another is if the company is trying to save money and scrapes the left over scraps into the fresh pan. If the leftover scraps happened to be contaminated now the new fresh pan is as well. My last point is that buffets have a lot of people over the serving period touch the food there is a possibility that viruses can be spread through the customers.
1. Check the food regularly, check the temperatures 2. Put up sneeze guards 3. Watch employees and customers to make sure they are being sanitary around the food
three ways to keep food safe in a buffet style restaurant is to use separate tongs for the food, not 1 tong for three different food items. second, make sure to keep the food out of the temperature danger zone which is 41-135 degrees. third, make sure all of the food handlers wash their hands as often as possible. you don't want them to be handling food with dirty hands that will be sent out for people to pick through and eat.
Have sneeze guards to protect food from contaminants, hold hot food at 135 F or higher, hold cold food 41 F or lower and make sure it isn't out after four hours, and make sure that you have a variety of utensils so you don't use one in different foods and contaminate the food.
The first way to keep the food safe is to hourly check the temps of the food to make sure that they are in the temp safety zone. second you can put up sneeze guards so that the food is more protected. And lastly you can put colored tongs to go to each different food tray so nothing gets mixed up and no one has an allergic reaction.
First way to keep food safe at a buffet is to make sure that all food are cook to proper temperature and kept at 135. Another way to to put up sneeze guards and to ensure that all customers use clean dishes to get food. Last way to keep the food save is by making sure that no contamination can come in contact with the food, for example, DO NOT use the same cutting bored for chicken and lettuce or making sure that everyone is washing hands. (Hi Chef :3)
In order to keep food safe from contamination the first thing you can do is always make sure while running a buffet is always have a sneeze guard around the food, and also be sure not to use cleaning chemicals on the glass while the food is sitting behind the glass, because this too can cause contamination. A second thing you can do is always be sure to have separate cutting board for things like meat and vegetables because the raw fluids from the chicken or beef could get into the vegetables and cause people to become sick. Now one of the third things you can do is personal hygiene, such as, washing your hands, wearing clean clothes, wearing the proper attire for the kitchen such as hats, so hair does not drop into the food. Also still around the same idea as personal hygiene is making sure you are always healthy, such as not having a fever or vomiting because this will also contaminate the food as well.
Be sure you keep a temperature log. Food temp needs to be checked to be sure its out of the temperature danger zone. Another way is when you are reheating food, be sure it reaches the right temp, for ex.) chicken needs to be reheated to 165 to kill any bacteria. The last way is to have a different spoons or tongs for each food on the bar. This prevents contaminated food from touching uncontaminated food.
Even though I may be at home, I'm gonna answer this so I'm not behind!
To keep food safe for the customers, You yourself needs to be clean. You must wash your hands thoroughly before and after each task, make sure your uniform is up-kept and clean, along with your hair protected by a hat or hair net. Another way to keep food uncontaminated in a buffet style restaurant is to have a sneeze guard in front of food, and have a pair of tongs or utensils for each type of food.A third way to keep food safe is to keep a temperature log and make sure food stays heated in the holding trays to at least 135, because if it gets in between 41 and 70 degrees, that when bacteria grows the fastest!!
To keep food safe for the customers, 1. you have to wash your hands before you go/return to work and after a break so feces wont get into the food. 2. never cut up any kind of beef or poultry on a cutting board labeled for any kind of fruit or vegetables so cross contamination doesn't happen. always wear a clean uniform with no food stains etc.
ReplyDelete3 ways to keep food safe for customers:
ReplyDelete1. Use separate tongs for each dish to not cross-contaminate food.
2. Use sneeze guards at each buffet station and make sure each customer uses a clean plate when they come up to the buffet each time.
3. Check temperatures on each dish in buffet to make sure it has not been out for too long. (Time-temperature abuse)
1. Check food temperatures at least every four hours so the food temperature does not fall in the danger zone for pathogens.
ReplyDelete2. Put up proper sneeze guards
3. have the right amount of serving utensils, so the same one is not used for other foods
One way is time and temperature abuse. By leaving food in a warmer there is no guarantee that the food will remain at a temperature of 165. Another is if the company is trying to save money and scrapes the left over scraps into the fresh pan. If the leftover scraps happened to be contaminated now the new fresh pan is as well. My last point is that buffets have a lot of people over the serving period touch the food there is a possibility that viruses can be spread through the customers.
ReplyDelete1. Check the food regularly, check the temperatures
ReplyDelete2. Put up sneeze guards
3. Watch employees and customers to make sure they are being sanitary around the food
three ways to keep food safe in a buffet style restaurant is to use separate tongs for the food, not 1 tong for three different food items. second, make sure to keep the food out of the temperature danger zone which is 41-135 degrees. third, make sure all of the food handlers wash their hands as often as possible. you don't want them to be handling food with dirty hands that will be sent out for people to pick through and eat.
ReplyDelete-Check temperatures
ReplyDelete-Have an adequate sneeze guard(at least 14in)
-Have a separate serving utensil for everything
Have sneeze guards to protect food from contaminants, hold hot food at 135 F or higher, hold cold food 41 F or lower and make sure it isn't out after four hours, and make sure that you have a variety of utensils so you don't use one in different foods and contaminate the food.
ReplyDeleteThe first way to keep the food safe is to hourly check the temps of the food to make sure that they are in the temp safety zone. second you can put up sneeze guards so that the food is more protected. And lastly you can put colored tongs to go to each different food tray so nothing gets mixed up and no one has an allergic reaction.
ReplyDeleteFirst way to keep food safe at a buffet is to make sure that all food are cook to proper temperature and kept at 135. Another way to to put up sneeze guards and to ensure that all customers use clean dishes to get food. Last way to keep the food save is by making sure that no contamination can come in contact with the food, for example, DO NOT use the same cutting bored for chicken and lettuce or making sure that everyone is washing hands. (Hi Chef :3)
ReplyDeleteIn order to keep food safe from contamination the first thing you can do is always make sure while running a buffet is always have a sneeze guard around the food, and also be sure not to use cleaning chemicals on the glass while the food is sitting behind the glass, because this too can cause contamination. A second thing you can do is always be sure to have separate cutting board for things like meat and vegetables because the raw fluids from the chicken or beef could get into the vegetables and cause people to become sick. Now one of the third things you can do is personal hygiene, such as, washing your hands, wearing clean clothes, wearing the proper attire for the kitchen such as hats, so hair does not drop into the food. Also still around the same idea as personal hygiene is making sure you are always healthy, such as not having a fever or vomiting because this will also contaminate the food as well.
ReplyDeleteBe sure you keep a temperature log. Food temp needs to be checked to be sure its out of the temperature danger zone. Another way is when you are reheating food, be sure it reaches the right temp, for ex.) chicken needs to be reheated to 165 to kill any bacteria. The last way is to have a different spoons or tongs for each food on the bar. This prevents contaminated food from touching uncontaminated food.
ReplyDeleteEven though I may be at home, I'm gonna answer this so I'm not behind!
ReplyDeleteTo keep food safe for the customers, You yourself needs to be clean. You must wash your hands thoroughly before and after each task, make sure your uniform is up-kept and clean, along with your hair protected by a hat or hair net. Another way to keep food uncontaminated in a buffet style restaurant is to have a sneeze guard in front of food, and have a pair of tongs or utensils for each type of food.A third way to keep food safe is to keep a temperature log and make sure food stays heated in the holding trays to at least 135, because if it gets in between 41 and 70 degrees, that when bacteria grows the fastest!!