Personal hygiene guidelines

Question 1

How should one wash their hands when cooking?

Answer 1

Hands should be washed frequently with hot water and antibacterial soup

Question 2

When should one’s hands be washed especially well?

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Answer 2

After using the toilet
Touching one’s hair
Touching one’s face
After coughing or sneezing

Question 3

Why should one’s hands be washed so frequently when cooking?

Answer 3

To prevent the transfer of bacteria

Question 4

How should one’s fingernails be when cooking?

Answer 4

Nails should be kept short and unpolished

Question 5

Why should fingernails be kept short during cooking?

Answer 5

To avoid harbouring bacteria underneath long nails

Question 6

Why should fingernails be kept unpolished during cooking?

Answer 6

To avoid nail polish chipping and falling into food

Question 7

What must be done to jewellery when cooking?

Answer 7

Jewellery should be removed, especially rings

Question 8

Why should jewellery be removed when cooking?

Answer 8

To avoid harbouring bacteria and to prevent jewellery from falling into food during preparation

Question 9

What clothing should be worn when cooking?

Answer 9

Protective clothing e.g. an apron should be worn to protect clothes from getting dirty and to reduce the spread of bacteria

Question 10

What should be done to one’s hair when cooking?

Answer 10

Long hair should be tied up or a hairnet or chef’s hat should be worn

Question 11

Why should long hair be tied back and a chef’s hat or hairnet be worn during cooking?

Answer 11

To avoid loose hairs falling into food

Question 12

What should be done to wounds before cooking?

Answer 12

Wounds should be securely covered with a brightly coloured waterproof bandage or dressing

Question 13

Why should wounds be securely covered with a waterproof bandage or dressing before cooking?

Answer 13

To prevent blood from contaminating the food during preparation and to prevent food from entering the wound

Question 14

Why should a brightly coloured bandage be used to cover wounds during cooking?

Answer 14

To ensure they can be seen if it falls into the food

Question 15

How should food be tastes?

Answer 15

Fingers should not be used to taste food instead a clean spoon should be used each time food is tasted

Question 16

Why should fingers not be used to taste food?

Answer 16

To prevent burns and contamination of the food

Question 17

How should someone suffering from an illness prepare food?

Answer 17

Anyone suffering from illness should avoid preparing food for anyone but themselves

Question 18

Why should any ill individual avoid preparing food for others?

Answer 18

As they may transmit their illness through the food

Question 19

List all the personal hygiene guidelines that should be followed
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Answer 19

Wash hands - frequently - hot water - antibacterial soap - after bathroom, hair, face, coughing - transfer if bacteria

Short - unpolished nails - harbour bacteria under long nails

Protective clothing - apron - protect clothes - reduce spread of bacteria

Hair - tied up - hairnet - chefs hat - loose hair falls into food

Wounds - securely covered - brightly coloured - waterproof bandage/dressing - clearly seen if it falls into food - prevents blood contaminating food - prevents food entering wound

Taste with clean spoon - not fingers - burns and contaminates food

If ill - avoid cooking for anyone but yourself - transmit illness through food

Remove jewellery - rings - harbour bacteria - fall into food

Question 20

Why should an apron by worn

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Answer 20

To protect clothes from getting dirty

To reduce the spread of bacteria