I don’t know about you, but this would be in my top 10 list of best restaurants in the world – regardless of the menu!
How fresh would the seafood be?!?!?
World's Best Restaurant?
Monthly Archive for October, 2011
When people get a bacterial infection, antibiotics are used to kill harmful bacteria that are safe to the human body. For other bacteria found within food or contaminated surfaces and utensils, different methods, such as heat, UV radiation and chemicals are used to effectively control bacteria.
Methods used to kill bacteria and control it from spreading is known as microbial control which consists of three general categories:
- Physical – heat, freeze-drying, ultraviolet radiation and filtration
- Chemical – chemical agents like disinfectants Lysol or Clorox, destroy most vegetative cells
- Chemotherapeutic – antibiotics used to treat patients diagnosed with an infectious disease
The most commonly known bacteria often found in the kitchen is called Salmonella. Salmonella bacteria are found in
raw meat, especially raw poultry eggs, unprocessed milk and surprisingly, chocolate! If consumed, these bacteria can cause many not-so-good sicknesses, otherwise known as, food borne illnesses. With over 2,000 different strains of Salmonella, all forms can result in unpleasant to serious symptoms of food poisoning if it’s not prevented beforehand.
Cutting down on the amount of Salmonella poisoning that enters the kitchen or gets spread across the countertops can be easily managed just by following a few simple steps:
- Cook raw meat thoroughly to the proper temperature
- Properly refrigerate and freeze food
- Always thaw food in the refrigerator and never leave sitting out at room temperature
- Separate raw meat and fish to keep them from touching each other or other food when shopping and storing
- Keep cutting boards for raw meat and other food separate and stored in a different location so that you don’t mix up the cutting boards
- Wash hands, utensils and kitchen surfaces thoroughly with hot, soapy water as soon as you’re finished touching raw meat to prevent bacteria from spreading
Having a clean kitchen is extremely important, whether it’s in the home or in a fine dining restaurant, it’s inevitable that raw meat will end up on kitchen counters, sinks and storage areas before getting cooked. Because of this, the safest and most effective methods of cleaning are needed to keep these kitchens cooking!
Disinfectants are one of the most popular AND most important chemicals used in kitchens because of the compound it 
contains that destroys or inhibits the growth of bacteria. When disinfectants are applied to countertops, sinks, trashcans or other areas, its chemical reactions completely wipe out those little microbes.
Sterilisation is obviously the best way to sanitise anything but when talking about ingesting food, disinfectant is less extreme and much less likely to endanger people, pets and plants when applied the right way.
Different disinfectants do work differently than each other with some holding the potential to kill bacteria and others, to simply stunt its growth. That’s why it’s extremely important to know which type of disinfectant you’re buying before bringing it into your kitchen
While there are several types of these disinfectants out on the market, there are two basic types that most people are familiar with: Typical disinfectant and inhibitors. The difference between these two types is that your typical disinfectant stops the growth of bacteria by killing them and your inhibitors only prevent bacteria growth.
Much like taking antibiotics for too long can become ineffective to your immune system, disinfectants can also become less effective after prolonged use. Sometimes, a few bacteria escape the cleaning process and produce new populations resistant to the specific disinfectant.
These little fugitives can then develop altered genetic structure that allows it to survive additional antibiotic treatments which delves into a whole deal of science that only specialised scientists can fully understand!
The bottom line is, know your kitchen disinfectants and even more importantly, know how to use them because this will make ALL of the difference between delicious, healthy food and sickening, food poisoned food!
