Sanitation
It’s not a pretty subject but vital in preventing food-borne illnesses
Food-borne illnesses are caused by consuming contaminated food or beverage through various bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins and harmful chemicals. Paying attention to some simple rules and keeping your senses alert can prevent someone or you from getting seriously ill.
Many people depend on the expiration dates to let them know if a food item is still good enough to digest. And I’ll tell you that date should be used as a guideline only; it should not be taken seriously.
Have you ever poured a big, cold glass of milk and as soon as you were ready to take a big gulp it smelled like cheese curls and you gagged uncontrollably? What if you poured that same glass of milk and never smelled it and it was for someone else instead? Huh.
As a server you would look very negligent to the customer/member and you can bet that the manager will find about it. As a side note remember that incident can easily make the customer/member have very little faith in anything else you do for them.
It literally will leave a bad taste in their mouth for a long time. In fact that newly acquired lack of trust can trickle down to the entire organization.
Look at those expiration dates but use your God given senses that you were born with. Your eyes can sense when an item is no longer edible and needs to be discarded. When a product changes texture or color you should see yellow flashing lights go on in your head! Milk is not chunky, the color of mold does not belong slathered all over your bread, layers of thick mucus-like slime have no business napping on your fresh fish, beef or pork. And neon green is the color of a sign and should not be seen on potatoes.
Thank goodness we also have a nose for back up when we just can’t believe our eyes.
It’s appalling to me when I forget something in the fridge and the item gets shoved in the back for weeks.
Oh boy does my nose ever take over what my eyes couldn’t see. Thank you Jesus!
The sense of touch is necessary if you don’t own a keen nose for smell
or didn’t have your contacts in to see the disgusting slime on the fish. But you sure could feel any sort of slippery gunk.
The subject of sanitation is immense and I’ll be covering more in another segment.
We will go over the simple rules to follow in keeping all of us safe from severe illnesses including the flu.
Practicing good sanitation creates habits that we can use in our daily lives and teach our families.
I’m not certain that I’ve ever had food poisoning because it mimics other health disorders.
The people who’ve told me they experienced food poisoning makes me turn green just thinking about it. It may have happened years ago but their experience is still raw
and I have zero interest in ever finding out what that feels like.
In the meantime, wash your hands a million times a day and don’t put your fingers and hands where somebody will be putting their mouth.
That should be easy, right?
