NUTRITION
KITCHEN SAFETY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Wash Your hair
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Style your hair
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Put it back with a tie or hat
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Leave it alone
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Detailed explanation-1: -Long hair tied back and kept under a chef hat or skull cap or covered with a hairnet to prevent loose hair falling into food. Never touch, scratch or comb your hair or head in the kitchen as bacteria and loose hair could be transferred to the food or food preparation equipment.
Detailed explanation-2: -FACT: Hairnets serve two purposes. The first is to keep hair from contacting exposed food, clean and sanitized equipment, utensils and linens, or unwrapped single-service articles. The second purpose is to keep worker’s hands out of their hair. FACT: It is impossible to completely remove bacteria from hair.
Detailed explanation-3: -(a) All food employees must restrain their hair by any effective means to keep the hair from contaminating exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. (b) All food handlers must wear a hairnet if their hair is longer than the collar.