Food poisoning is an illness caused by food and drink unhygienic and contaminated. Infectious germs such as bacteria, viruses and parasites are the most common cause of food poisoning. Food contamination can occur from the process of preparation to presentation of food.
Food poisoning can make individuals feel uncomfortable experience. Symptoms The most frequent complaints are nausea, vomiting and diarrhea that usually can occur immediately until a few hours after consuming food. Food poisoning is varied there are mild and cause dehydration and death threats.
To prevent food poisoning, it needs a healthy lifestyle and clean. It should be applied not only at home but also when eating outside the home.
Here are some steps that can be followed to prevent food poisoning:
• Hand washing, cooking utensils and food before and after holding and preparing food. Use warm water and dishwashing soap special wash separately peralatasan cook and eat.
• Separate storage of raw food with cooked foods to prevent cross-contamination. Cross-contamination is the involvement of the cooked foods that have been processed properly by the bacteria / germs / viruses from tableware or objects that are not hygienic.
• Make sure the food is cooked completely mature in all parts
• Discard food if you are not sure food is stored and prepared either way, odor and appearance has been inconclusive
• Avoid letting the food too long at room temperature, if you do not want to directly consume food, you can store it in the refrigerator. Food should be a maximum of 90 minutes at room temperature if it is more than that directly store in the refrigerator. Food stored in the refrigerator can last up to 2 days.
• Make sure the temperature is below 5 ° C refrigerator
• Keep the meat at the bottom of the freezer so as not to contaminate other food
Most people still think that the only possible food poisoning food purchased outside the home. However, it turns out the food cooked at home can cause poisoning makana if the process of making and presentation is not true. Food poisoning can be fatal. Healthy is the dream of everyone. Therefore, it is better we prevent disease while we can.
