Page 5-9. Discuss the effects of unsafe practices when preparing, cooking and serving food in a Health and Social Care setting. Page 10-11. Assess the effectiveness of safe practices en preparing, cooking and serving food in a Health and Social Care setting. Page 12 Cooking food: When staff are cooking food they must ensure that certain regulations and rules are being followed for example: hygiene control, pest control and temperature control.
UNIT 4222-233 MEET FOOD SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WHEN PROVIDING FOOD AND DRINK FOR INDIVIDUALS. 1.1 Workers should be aware of and practice personal Hygiene - eg, hand washing, hair up and nails short and clean. Food stored at correct temperature, chilled or frozen. Food stored in correct conditions - eg raw meat not contaminating cooked meat & veg not using same utensils for raw meat and other foods using correct chopping boards. Food should be served at the correct temperature; temperature should be monitored if food is kept in warming trays.
| |Storage and preparation of food | |When storage and preparation of food it is the child-minder responsibility to ensure the healthy and safe of the children and business. Storage are essential | |to prevent food borne illness and for providing healthy food for the children. The child-minder should have a guide identifies licensing requirement of food | |handling to help prevent food from spreading illness to the child-minder , children and staff in their care. It is ideally to store raw and ready to eat food | |separately. If they are in the fridge at the same time should store raw meat, fish or egg below fridge from ready to eat food, salads, sandwiches or desserts.
Emma Lonican Unit 4222-233 Meet food safety requirements when providing food and drink for individuals (HSC 2029) Level: 2 Credit value: 2 UAN: T/601/9450 Unit aim This unit is aimed at those working in a wide range of settings. It provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to meet food safety requirements when preparing, serving, clearing away and storing food. Learning outcomes The learner will: | Assessment criteria To do this you must: | | Understand the importance of food safety measures when providing food and drink for individuals | Identify potential food safety hazards when preparing, serving, clearing away and storing food and drink | Workers should be aware of and practice personal Hygiene like hand washing. Food stored at correct temperatures Food stored in correct conditions - eg raw meat not contaminating cooked meat & vegetables Not using same utensils for raw meat and other foods Food should be served at the correct temperature, temperature should be monitored if food is kept in warming trays. Also avoid transferring different types of bacteria which naturally occur in raw meat and fish to other cooked foods, wash knives, chopping board and your hands immediately after you have finished preparing each type of food.
Keep raw foods separate if in same refrigerators. Keep raw food below cooked food. Beware of contamination, wash hand after and before each food preparation task. Protective clothing such as gloves and aprons should be worn when storing and handling
Bi- A risk assessment in this situation will help to identify all the risks that are involved with James living independently. Once the risks are identified, it will help James to carry out the tasks he wishes without causing any harm to himself, others or the environment around him. It will give the correct assessment as to how likely harm or danger is to come to James and whether his best interests and health and safety concerns override his rights. Bii- Everyone that works with and comes into contact with food within a social care setting has a responsibility to safeguard the service users and ensure the use the correct procedure for handling preparing and storing food. For example, ensure you maintain good personal hygiene at work such as, clean hair tied back, short clean nails, clean clothes, and good hand washing; wear the correct PPE at all times, your work areas are clean and tidy, you use the correct procedures for storing, preparing, cooking and disposing of food and are aware of how to avoid contamination of foods and food poisoning.
In relation to CVD, there has been legislation put in place to help prevent the risk factors associated with CVD. These include the compulsory nutritional labeling of all food and non-smoking legislation. The nutritional labeling of food helps to prevent CVD by giving us the information we need to make an informed decision. By doing this we are able to buy nutritious foods that in the long term will help decrease the risk of developing CVD. Non- Smoking legislation has appeared in public places such as restaurants, pubs and clubs.
It uses colorful icons, which illustrates safe food handling practices (National Grocers Association, 2008). 5. Are there any other items other than discussed above that Kudler needs to observe as a safe practice when handling organic produce? Kudler should ensure that there is a training program in place for employees discussing the importance of food handling, sanitation (e.g. washing produce and hands), inspection and disposal of poor products.
(Waste Online 1999) Household waste is domestic items such as paper, flowers, plastic bottles which are not contaminated so are not at risk of spreading infection. Therefore household waste can be put into a black bin bag. These black bin bags are disposed of in landfill sites. (Cleanliness Champions 2008) Unit 8 tate three key measures to be taken to ensure safe handling of food 1. protecting food from the risk of contamination 2. preventing any bacteria present from multiplying 3. destroying harmful bacteria by thorough cooking (Cleanliness Champions Website) Three measures that can be taken to ensure safe food handling are ensuring that the food is protected from risk of contamination such as pest or germs getting on the food, not allowing any bacteria that may already be on the food from multiplying by keeping it at the right temperature and also by heating the food correctly and thoroughly cooking to destroy any bacteria Unit 9 One way of preventing infection within a care setting is to use aseptic technique when inserting an invasive
Any establishment breaching food hygiene standards can be served a notice of improvement. * Food areas are kept clean and good standards of personal hygiene are maintained * Foods are cooked thoroughly * Foods are kept at the right temperature * Cross contaminationManual HandlingUnder these regulations employees should * Avoid manual handling operations that involve a risk of injury as far as possible. * Assess all manual handling operations that cannot be avoided * Take steps to reduce the risk of injury during those operations that cannot be avoided.To reduce the risk of injury during these operations * Encourage people to move independently whenever possible * Plan every lift to be as safe as possible * Avoid twisting body * Avoid lifting from the floor * Keep the load close to your body * Avoid repetitive lifts.Data protection act 1998 * Relates to personal information which can be held electronic format or paper * The information that is stored should be relevant * Should be accurate information * Protected against unauthorised accessControl of substances hazardous to health * Known otherwise as COSHH * Assess the risks of hazardous substances * | Fire Evacuation Policy: Staff must be