Small mistakes during a busy shift can spread contamination between food, hands, equipment and surfaces. Watch this food safety training video to learn what to look for and how clearer kitchen routines can help protect your customers.
What you’ll learn
Explore seven common cross-contamination mistakes, including storing raw food above ready-to-eat food, sharing equipment, using contaminated cloths and spreading contamination by hand.
- ✓ Recognise everyday cross-contamination risks.
- ✓ Understand how contamination reaches ready-to-eat food.
- ✓ Identify risks involving hands, cloths, surfaces and equipment.
- ✓ Improve task sequencing during preparation and service.
- ✓ Use clearer routines to reduce preventable mistakes.
- ✓ Support staff training with practical kitchen examples.
Spot the small mistakes during a busy shift
When orders are building up, it’s easy to overlook what someone has touched or where equipment has just been used. This video shows how everyday working habits can create opportunities for contamination to spread.
Use it as a starting point for a team discussion. Which situations could happen in your kitchen? Where could clearer instructions, better organisation or a change in task order help?
Turn training into consistent daily routines
Staff need to understand how cross-contamination risks relate to their own work. Reviewing food storage, equipment use, cleaning routines and hand contact helps make the training relevant to your business.
Keep a record of staff training and any improvements you identify. Cleaning records, daily checks and corrective action records can help you follow up problems and track the action taken.
Keep your food safety checks organised
Food-Safety.app helps smaller food businesses manage daily checks, cleaning records, temperatures, staff training records and corrective actions digitally. Reduce the paper folders taking up space and make your records easier to find.
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