Health And Safety Guidelines - Zanussi DF67/42FF Instructions For The Use & Care

HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES
Because of consumer demand, preservatives have been removed from many pre-preparedfood.
This together with the changes in shopping habits to a once-a-week shop, mean that the safe handling and
storage of food is even more important than ever.
The following tips should help you to ensure that the food in your home is in as perfect condition as
possible.
* Keep the time between buying chilled and
frozen food and placing it in your fridge/
freezer as short as possible. Tests showed
that the temperature of 1 litre of orange
juice rose to 22°C in an hour between the
supermarket and home. It then took 11
hours to get down to 7°C in the
refrigerator.
* Be prepared to adjust the refrigerator
thermostat control depending on
circumstances. If you are adding a
quantity of fresh food, turn the control to
a higher number, to help the contents to
cool faster.
* Keep the refrigerator door closed as
much as possible. Remember that warm
air is flowing in as you are looking in to
decide what to have for tea!
* Do not push food together too much, try
to allow air to circulate around each item.
* Cool cooked food as quickly as possible
but do not place in refrigerator or freezer
until cool. (Leave food in a place as cool
as possible in order that it can be placed in
the refrigerator or freezer as soon as
possible.)
* Do not mix raw and cooked meat, they
must be in separate containers. Take care
not to let the meat juices drip onto other
food. If the meat does drip, remove
everything and clean thoroughly.
* Do not store food uncovered.
* The best way to defrost food is to put it in
the fridge to thaw slowly.
* Remove suspect food from your refrigerator
and clean the interior with a solution of
bicarbonate of soda in warm water (1 tbs to 1
litre of water).
* Never allow food spills to dry and harden.
* Ensure that food placed in the freezer is dated
and labelled and used in date order to ensure
that food is consumed at its best.
* It is most most important that food is used
before its 'best before' date.
* Store eggs in the egg rack provided in the
refrigerator door. Discard any broken or
chipped ones.
* Regularly check the refrigerator door seal to
ensure that it is clean and free from bits and
pieces.
* Always wash your hands with soapy water
and dry them with a clean towel before
handling food.
* Keep work surfaces clean and avoid cross
contamination by not using the same work
surface or knife, for raw and cooked food
without washing them thoroughly in
between.
* Use clean kitchen roll wherever possible for
cleaning up food. If you use a dishcloth be
sure to boil wash it frequently.