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Apart from being a regulatory essential, ensuring your foodservice business complies with food safety, preparation, and sanitation guidelines is key to running a successful, healthy, and customer-focused kitchen.

This guide takes you through everything you need to know about kitchen food safety and essential tips and best practices to keep your customers safe and your business thriving.

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Food Safety in Your Restaurant
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THE IMPORTANCE OF RESTAURANT FOOD SAFETY

Food safety in restaurants and other food service businesses is all about ensuring the food you prepare and offer is free from harmful contaminants and safe to eat.

The importance of food safety in restaurants cannot be overstated because foodborne illnesses can result in serious health risks and damage your business’s reputation. The most common foodborne illnesses include salmonella, E. coli, and listeria. These can be prevented by ensuring that food is stored, prepared, and cooked properly. The best way to do this is to follow an effective food safety checklist daily. 

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RESTAURANT FOOD SAFETY CHECKLIST

A restaurant food safety checklist is essential to ensure that your restaurant is safe and compliant with food safety regulations. You should create your personalised, up-to-date checklist for your business that should include:

  • Personal hygiene requirements: hand washing, wearing uniforms, and using hygiene equipment like gloves and hairnets.
  • Food storage requirements: proper temperature control for refrigerated and frozen foods, checking for expiration dates, and keeping raw and cooked foods separate to prevent cross-contamination.
  • Food preparation requirements: clean and sanitise utensils and equipment, and use proper cooking temperatures to ensure that food is safe to eat.
  • Food handling requirements: safe handling and serving of food, using clean serving utensils and not reusing plates or utensils that have come into contact with raw food.
  • Cleaning and sanitation requirements: procedures for cleaning and sanitising surfaces, equipment, and utensils to prevent the spread of bacteria and other pathogens.
  • Pest control requirements: procedures for preventing and controlling pests, such as regular inspections, sealing gaps and cracks, and using traps and baits.
RESTAURANT FOOD SAFETY CHECKLIST
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RESTAURANT FOOD SAFETY TRAINING

RESTAURANT FOOD SAFETY TRAINING

Proper restaurant food safety training ensures all staff members understand and follow food safety protocols. The best way to train your staff is to create fun training programs that are easy to understand and interesting with visual aids. 

Most effective training programs will cover these essential topics:

  • Effective handwashing and sanitising.
  • Proper temperature control.
  • Cross-contamination prevention.
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RESTAURANT FOOD PREPARATION - COMMON MISTAKES

Proper food preparation is crucial in preventing foodborne illnesses, and mistakes often get made during this process, leading to some nasty results. In restaurants and kitchens, the most common food prep mistakes include:

• Not properly washing produce.

• Using the same cutting board for multiple ingredients.

• Not properly thawing frozen food.

• Poor hand washing and sanitising.

• Using expired meat and produce. 

You can avoid these common mistakes by including essential steps about proper food preparation practices in your food safety checklist and empower your staff to know more and do better.

RESTAURANT FOOD PREPARATION
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SANITATION IN RESTAURANTS

Bacteria and viruses lurk in poorly cleaned and stored food and exist on surfaces and equipment. Therefore, practising proper food prep standards should go hand in hand with proper sanitation standards too. Restaurant sanitation ensures that all surfaces and equipment are clean and free from harmful bacteria. 

A restaurant sanitation checklist is essential to ensure that all areas of your restaurant are properly sanitised. When you create a sanitation checklist – as part of your food safety checklist – be sure to include these essential sanitation procedures:

  • Clean and sanitise all equipment daily.
  • Proper storing of food.
  • Proper and regular hand washing.

By following these best practices, you can create a safe and welcoming environment for your patrons.

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