FN8 Food and Kitchen Safety

Elizabeth comes inside from playing with her dog and decides to make herself a snack.

• no change needed

• wash her hands first

After dinner, Bill puts the leftovers in small containers and puts them in the fridge as soon as possible.

• no change needed

• he could have just put the larger container in the fridge

Taylor is helping put groceries away and puts the meat then they will be cooking for supper, on the top shelf in the fridge.

• no change is needed

• does not go on the top shelf

Near the end of their grocery shopping trip, Jennifer's mom asks her to get the milk while she gets in line. Jennifer grabs the first jug of milk on the shelf and gets back to her mom in line.

• no change is needed

• should check the milk first

Brent's dad likes to eat his steak rare (pink inside) and tonight wants to try his chicken rare.

• he can eat his chicken pink inside

• chicken must be white inside

Sandy is making supper for her friends and likes to taste food to be sure the flavour is good. Rather than use a bunch of spoons, she uses the same one to stir and taste.

• no change is needed

• use a paper towel to wipe the spoon in between

• use a different spoon

Jennifer hates washing dishes so she cuts her chicken then her vegetables on the same cutting board.

• use different cutting boards

• wipe off the cutting board with a damp cloth

• no change is needed

Kim needs to thaw some chicken for dinner tonight. Before she leaves for work, she puts it on a plate on the counter.

• no change is needed

• don't thaw on the counter

Amy thawed out ground beef for supper tonight but she ends up going out for dinner. She is eating a friends house the next night so puts the thawed ground beef back in the freezer.

• can't re-freeze thawed meat

• no change is needed

Jeff pours himself a bowl of cereal, as he pours in the milk, he notices it smells strange. He wants to eat his cereal so tries to ignore the strange smell and taste of the milk.

• no change is needed

• don't take the chance, toss it