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SUMMARY

Personal Hygiene: kitchen hygiene practices

In conclusion, having personal hygiene in the kitchen is a very important component and can affect and also lead to many problems in the kitchen if not taken care of and properly carried out.

and a small recap of hygiene practices...

• Always wash your hands before entering the kitchen premises

• NO eating 

• NO unhygienic practices such as nose picking or scratching of head and handling food after such

• NO SMOKING 

Hygiene aspect of Food Premises : Dry store room and restroom

DRY STOREROOM
Maintaning the dry store room is essential and has great importance especially in the industry. The store room must always be clean and also easy to clean and neat in order to have a fast and easy accessibility to food items which will help increase product flow.

Food must ALL be dated and first in first out technique MUST be applied.

Shelves must be corrosion resistant metals and all items must be stored in an orderly fashion.

RESTROOM

The washroom should always be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition, it is to be ensure that the toilet is dirt-free and that no unpleasant odour can be smelled.

Always ensure that there is a sufficient supply of toiletry needs such as toilet paper, or items such as a sanitary bin for the women. Sanitizer and paper towels or a blow dryer. All these items are essential in order t maintain a=our personal hygiene in order to reduce contamination in the kitchen.