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Food Safety: How Does Your Kitchen Stack Up?
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Posted by Janet Harriett on Sep.08, 2010
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When we go out to eat at a restaurant, those inspection placards or letter grades remind us that the kitchens where our meals out are prepared have been inspected and held to standards of food safety. Sure, there are lapses, and local news stations get plenty of mileage from uncovering health lapses at local restaurants, but if those news cameras came into your kitchen, how would you look?
Even factoring in lunch at the office and an occasional family night at the restaurant, more than half of your meals are probably prepared in your home kitchen, unless you’re stopping for takeout every night. If you are eating that much takeout, stay tuned for the easiest ways to start cooking from scratch, coming next week. Foodborne illnesses caught in the home don’t attract attention since usually only the immediate family is affected, but that doesn’t mean foodborne illness and food safety aren’t a concern in the home kitchen.
The LA County Department of Public Health has posted a short online quiz to see how your kitchen would fare in a health inspection. I’ve worked in restaurants, and was surprised at just how bad my own score was. Fortunately, the quiz results include helpful tips for keeping your kitchen more food-safe.
Take the Quiz. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go rearrange my fridge and find some tupperware lids.
Posted under Home Environment, Kitchen & Bath.
Article By: Janet Harriett
Profile: Janet Harriett, Green Diva Mom's fomer editor, has been a writer and editor for print and online media, specializing in education and environmental issues since 1999. She lives on 2 acres in central Ohio with her husband, a 275-square-foot backyard garden and a home orchard growing 25 varieties of fruit. Janet holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing.
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September 8th, 2010 on 9:04 pm
Most people don’t realize how devastating foodborne illness can be. A good friend was paralyzed after eating tainted ahi tuna. So much people can do to take food safety into their own hands.
- Mareya, founder, Eat Cleaner