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Feeding the World Safely. Food Safety International is a consulting company based in Houston, Texas.
Food Safety International
3y ago
Kitchen Cleaning Tips
Cleaning up the kitchen is part of cooking. Not only is it easier to cook and bake in a clean kitchen, but clean surfaces and storage containers will keep your family healthier and safer. See Food Safety for more storage and cleaning tips.
Take some time to learn these easy tips and preventative measures and before you know it your kitchen will be automatically cleaner and less cluttered. Make cleaning second nature with these kitchen cleaning tips and you’ll save time and money.
General Tips
Have a place for everything. It’s much easier to use a utensil or appliance, cle ..read more
Food Safety International
3y ago
Third party inspections
Whereas many restaurants in the world add a set service charge to your bill, the tipping system puts discretionary power in the hands of the customer. Do you know how to use that power wisely? Ideally, good service is rewarded with good tips, and bad service is punished with bad tips. In practice, however, that’s not how it usually plays out.
Once your business or establishment is now open visits will be subject to unannounced inspection by the health authorities. If the store does not pass the inspection, it can cost your business from fines of $ 50 or more than $ 2,00 ..read more
Food Safety International
3y ago
Kitchen & Order
The kitchen is an area of your home that gets used more often than most other areas.
So it stands to reason that if your kitchen were more organized and simple to use, your life would feel easier. Professional organizer Monica Ricci has 10 easy steps to organize your kitchen, and make your family life flow more smoothly when it comes to meal preparation.
Tip #1: Empty Cabinets
Pull everything out of each cabinet and go through it. Discard or donate those things that are not frequently used, duplicate items, broken items or things you forgot you had. Do this with each cabine ..read more
Food Safety International
3y ago
Cleanliness and hygiene in restaurants
One of the worst nightmares for guests has been experience of food poisoning after eating in a restaurant or some other hospitality facility. The price you pay for not taking care of hygiene and cleanliness in your hospitality facility is very expensive.
To avoid such an “accidents” and to show your guests clear signs that your facility is really clean and tidy, it would be wise to make certain preventive actions.
• At the entrance of your restaurant put the certificate from medical & sanitary inspection service for the current year. This is the ..read more
Food Safety International
3y ago
Making healthier fast food
Making healthier fast food choices is easier if you plan ahead by checking the nutritional guides that most chains post on their websites. But if you don’t have the chance to prepare, you can still make smarter choices by following a few common sense guidelines.
Healthier fast food ordering guidelines
Keep your eye on portion size. Many fast food meals deliver enough food for several meals in the guise of a single serving. Avoid supersized and value-sized items, and go for the smallest size when it comes to sandwiches, burgers, and sides. You can also find more reaso ..read more
Food Safety International
3y ago
Fast food
The truth is that it’s extremely difficult to follow a healthy diet when you’re eating regularly at fast food restaurants. Fast food is typically high in trans fat, saturated fat, sodium, and calories. And it also tends to be low in nutrients and almost totally lacking in fruits, vegetables, and fiber.
That doesn’t mean you have to avoid fast food entirely. It’s OK to indulge a craving every once in awhile, but to stay healthy you can’t make it a regular habit. The key is moderation—both in how often you frequent fast food chains and what you order once you’re there. There are always ..read more
Food Safety International
3y ago
Balanced diet
At the core of a balanced diet are foods that are high in vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients and low in unnecessary fats and sugars. The following are essential parts of a balanced diet.
Fruits
Besides being a great source of nutrition, fruits make quick and tasty snacks. Choose fruits that are in season in your area they are fresher and provide the most nutrients.
Vegetables
Vegetables are primary sources of essential vitamins and minerals. Dark, leafy greens generally contain the most nutrition and can be eaten at every meal. Examples include spinach, kale, green beans, br ..read more
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3y ago
8 Tips
1. Base your meals on starchy foods: bread, potatoes, pasta, rice, noodles.
Choose whole grains and potatoes with skin where possible which have more fibre, vitamins and minerals.
Remember starchy foods contain fewer than half the calories of fats per gram.
2. Eat lots of fruit and veg.
Choose a variety of fruit and vegetables as they contain different combinations of vitamins and minerals.
Fresh, frozen, tinned and 100% fruit juices all count!
Try grating vegetables like carrots and courgettes into bolognaise or add lots of vegetables to homemade tomato sauce and blend.
3. Eat more fis ..read more
Food Safety International
3y ago
Restaurant management isn’t for everyone. The frenetic pace and constant pressure can be overwhelming for many people. Effective restaurant managers need to balance the needs of staff, customers and the business while dealing with the unforeseen problems that pop-up on a daily basis. Here are seven traits of effective restaurant managers.
1. Proactive Planning
Effective restaurant management requires being proactive and planning your shift at the beginning of each day. Having a checklist or simply a notebook to keep track of your daily tasks can help you start each shift off on the right ..read more
Food Safety International
3y ago
Keeping restaurant customers healthy is a large part of keeping them happy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates restaurants and distributes guidelines for safe food preparation and storage. The new version of the FDA’s food code came out in 2009 and updates several requirements. The code applies to more than 1 million restaurants and retail food outlets as well as institutions, including schools and hospitals.
1- Food Safety Management System
The FDA recommends a safety system for restaurant operators, known as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point. The system includes seven p ..read more