Sanitation And Hygiene

Gbogbo ọrọ náà

Food that looks perfect on the plate can still send a whole party to the hospital. The difference between a caterer people trust and one they avoid is almost never the taste of the food. It is whether the kitchen is clean, the water is safe, the cook washes her hands, and the jollof was kept hot instead of standing warm on a bench for three hours. That is what sanitation and hygiene are about: keeping food safe from the invisible germs that cause food poisoning.

In this lesson you will learn what sanitation and hygiene mean, how the food handler, the kitchen, the surroundings and the water supply each keep food safe, and how food becomes contaminated in the first place. You will meet the bacteria that cause food poisoning, the four things they need to multiply, and the single temperature rule that stops them. Master this and you protect your customers, your reputation and your licence to trade.

Ebumnobi

  1. Define sanitation and hygiene as they apply to catering
  2. Explain the importance of personal hygiene for the food handler
  3. Describe kitchen and environmental hygiene practices
  4. Explain how a safe water supply and waste disposal protect food
  5. Identify sources of food contamination and how to prevent food poisoning

Akọmọ Ojú-ẹkọ

A caterer in Ibadan is hired for a wedding of two hundred guests. She cooks a fine pot of fried rice and chicken the night before, covers it, and leaves it standing on the kitchen table overnight because the freezer is full. By the afternoon of the wedding the food still smells and tastes normal, so she serves it. That evening dozens of guests fall sick with vomiting and diarrhoea, two are hospitalised, and the story is on social media by morning. Nothing was wrong with the recipe. What failed was hygiene: the food sat for hours at the warm temperature bacteria love best, and the invisible germs multiplied into millions. Sanitation and hygiene are not a box to tick for the examiner. They are the daily habits that decide whether your kitchen feeds people or poisons them.

Ayẹwo Ẹkọ

Ekele diri gi maka imecha ihe karịrị na Sanitation And Hygiene. Ugbu a na ị na-enyochakwa isi echiche na echiche ndị dị mkpa, ọ bụ oge iji nwalee ihe ị ma. Ngwa a na-enye ụdị ajụjụ ọmụmụ dị iche iche emebere iji kwado nghọta gị wee nyere gị aka ịmata otú ị ghọtara ihe ndị a kụziri.

Ị ga-ahụ ngwakọta nke ụdị ajụjụ dị iche iche, gụnyere ajụjụ chọrọ ịhọrọ otu n’ime ọtụtụ azịza, ajụjụ chọrọ mkpirisi azịza, na ajụjụ ede ede. A na-arụpụta ajụjụ ọ bụla nke ọma iji nwalee akụkụ dị iche iche nke ihe ọmụma gị na nkà nke ịtụgharị uche.

Jiri akụkụ a nke nyocha ka ohere iji kụziere ihe ị matara banyere isiokwu ahụ ma chọpụta ebe ọ bụla ị nwere ike ịchọ ọmụmụ ihe ọzọ. Ekwela ka nsogbu ọ bụla ị na-eche ihu mee ka ị daa mba; kama, lee ha anya dị ka ohere maka ịzụlite onwe gị na imeziwanye.

  1. The temperature range in which bacteria multiply most rapidly, called the danger zone, is: A. Minus 18 C to 0 C B. 5 C to 63 C C. 63 C to 100 C D. 75 C to 120 C Answer: B
  2. Which of the following is the single most important personal-hygiene practice for a food handler? A. Wearing a wristwatch B. Washing the hands with soap and water C. Tasting the food with the fingers D. Wearing perfume Answer: B
  3. The transfer of bacteria from raw meat to cooked or ready-to-eat food is called: A. Sanitation B. Fermentation C. Cross-contamination D. Pasteurisation Answer: C
  4. Which set correctly lists the four conditions bacteria need to multiply? A. Warmth, moisture, food and time B. Salt, sugar, acid and light C. Oxygen, cold, dryness and time D. Heat above 75 C, moisture, food and salt Answer: A
  5. A stone, a hair and a piece of glass found in food are examples of which type of contamination? A. Chemical B. Biological C. Physical D. Bacterial Answer: C

Àwọn Ìbéèrè Tó Ti Kọjá

Nna, you dey wonder how past questions for this topic be? Here be some questions about Sanitation And Hygiene from previous years.

Ajụjụ 1 Ripọtì

TEST OF PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTION


(a) Mention three main ways that food can be contaminated.

(b) State five thickening agents for sauces.