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- TOP 5 FOOD SAFETY FACTORS - NP2

Manufacturers of confectionery
Get the right ‘Most foodborne disease is caused by poor hygiene
practices and improper handling of food’ - WHO
It doesn’t need to be
a formal qualification
training
Everyone must know how to keep food safe.

Cleaning & The average kitchen sink The average chopping board has
Regular

Sanitising contains 100,000 times more around 200% more faecal bacteria
than the average toilet seat!
CLEANING
bugs than a bathroom. reduces bugs
Bugs can be found everywhere
- even on surfaces that look clean. Bugs can survive up to Cleaning removes dirt to
They can be found on people, cloths, 2 hours on hard surfaces. stop bugs from growing.
sponges, utensils... Sanitising kills any
leftover bugs.
SUGAR

Cook and store


Temperature Allergens
You must know which of your food might contain
Keep cooked, raw and allergen foods separate
potentially hazardous
Allergens allergens. Keep allergen foods separate. Use
and use separate equipment.
Control food at the right temp
to stop bugs growing.
separate equipment or wash equipment thoroughly
between use.

Allergens
Allergens include:
include:
35% of
food
35% food
of
RECALLS
75°C COOKED RECALLS
in 2016
and over FOOD in 2016
were from
were from
undeclared
allergens
undeclared
60°C HOLDING Peanuts Soy Dairy Cereals that allergens
beans contain
and over FOOD HOT gluten

5°C - 60°C DANGER THESE


THESECAN
CANKILL
KILL
Food should not be Fish
in this zone for more
ZONE Eggs Sulphites Tree nuts Eventraces
Even small smallontraces on
equipment
than 4 hrs. equipment
and choppingand surfaces
boards can
can cause
cause an allergic
an allergic reaction.
reaction.
5°C CHILLED SesameSesame Corn Corn Walnut nut free
and under Shellfish
seeds seeds
FOOD

1 in 4
Wet hands under
Hygiene running water

KILL Rub hands together

90%
Avoid spreading bugs by
keeping hands clean, with soap for 20 seconds
wearing suitable
clothing and not going to of
BUGS
work sick.
Rinse hands with
water
by washing your people have
hands properly faecal bacteria Dry hands thoroughly with a
on their hands clean, dry towel or hand drier

Find out what food safety law means for you


www.mpi.govt.nz/foodact

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