Hello All,
While doing some research today, I came across some interesting information that I decided to share with all of you. Food safety should be one of your top priorities because buying, storing and preparing food requires (for the home cook and for the food service professional even more so) an understanding of how to buy, store and prepare food. For instance when defrosting in your refrigerator any type of poultry product, be it chicken, ground turkey, turkey or ground chicken, you should place the product in a rimmed bowl, or a plate large enough to hold the item and place this on the bottom shelf of your fridge so that as it defrosts all the meat juices are caught by that bowl or plate and the rest of your food is not cross contaminated. Also be sure to wash your hands with soap and water after handling any raw foods, but especially poultry. I'm going to say this again, WASH YOUR HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER!!!!! Not hand sanitizer, but actual SOAP, and dry them on a paper towel. Not a hand towel or a dish towel as the germs that are on the towel can be transferred, so a single use towel is best.
So anyway, what I found that I'd like to share is a link to the NSF's list of companies that require or accept Global Food Safety Benchmarked Certification :
http://www.nsf.org/business/global_food_safety_standards/GFSI_Supporters_6_30_11.pdf . What this should mean to you the consumer is that your food is received and stored properly prior to your purchase at the store. It means much more than this, but this is what I'm imparting today. So, be sure to check out this list for companies in your neck of the woods.
I hope you will find this information helpful, and let me know if you do any further research into this area!
Much love always!
J
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