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How To prevent food poisoning
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Apr 26, 2021
Nobody wants their delicious meal to turn into a trip to the hospital! In this video, we share simple and effective tips to prevent food poisoning and keep your family safe. Learn how to store food properly, handle raw ingredients, cook at the right temperatures, and maintain kitchen hygiene like a pro. Whether you’re a home cook or a food business owner, these food safety tips will help you avoid dangerous bacteria, viruses, and toxins that cause illness. Stay healthy, eat safe, and enjoy your meals without fear! What you’ll learn in this video: The top causes of food poisoning How to store and handle food safely Best cooking temperatures to kill germs Hygiene habits every kitchen needs #FoodSafety #PreventFoodPoisoning #KitchenTips #FoodHygiene #HealthyEating #SafeCooking #HomeCookingTips #FoodStorage #CleanKitchen #CookingSafety #EatSafe #HealthTips
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hello everyone and welcome back to my
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in this episode today i'm going to talk
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about food poisoning and food poisoning
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is simply an
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illness that develops when you consume
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food that has been contaminated
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and food gets contaminated when it comes
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into contact with
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microorganisms like bacteria and viruses
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so a few hours after consuming food that
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has been contaminated
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you are likely to develop symptoms like
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nausea vomiting diarrhea
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extreme abdominal pain and even fever
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and when you develop these kinds of
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symptoms they may get
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into a very serious state and they may
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need to see a doctor
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so in this video today i'm going to
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mention a few causes
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that lead into food poisoning that may
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be caused by you
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and how you can possibly prevent it in
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the future
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so you need to understand that food gets
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contaminated during the stages of
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production
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processing preparation cooking serving
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and even
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storage so if you're involved in any of
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these stages that means
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the food poisoning could have been your
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fault
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therefore these are the five courses of
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food poisoning that were completely your
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fault
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and i'm going to give you ways that you
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can simply
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prevent it so the course number one is
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under cooking foods
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so when you undercook foods you're
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exposing bacteria
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into an environment that can encourage
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them to grow and when
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the bacteria multiply and you consume
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that kind of
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food that means you're introducing
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harmful bacteria into your gut
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and therefore that can simply mean
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diarrhea
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vomiting abdominal pain etc
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so a simple way of preventing food
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poisoning that is caused by the cooking
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foods
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is by simply cooking foods to
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temperatures that can
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kill those harmful bacterias the cost
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number two is that you're consuming food
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that is expired so every food i think
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that you buy
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in the supermarket has an expiry date
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there is no grace period
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for expired foods so if the expiry date
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is today
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or last week and you consume that kind
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of food that means you're consuming
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spoiled food okay if the experience
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is passed then you can simply throw the
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food away but
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the best thing to do is consume that
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food before it gets to
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an expiry date so the course number
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three of food poisoning is cross
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contamination and we're going to use an
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example when you're preparing different
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foods like you're making a vegetable
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salad or a fruit salad
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and at the same time you're preparing
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meats so when you buy
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meats from the market the meats could
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have been contaminated by some
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certain bacterias and when you're
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preparing the meat
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and you without washing your hands
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without washing the surfaces
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you are preparing the vegetable salad
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the fruit salad at the same time
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so this vegetable salad the fruit salad
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you're not going to cook them
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that means you've introduced the
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bacteria from the meat into the fruit
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salad or into the vegetable salad
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and because they're not going to cook
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the vegetable salad or the fruit salad
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that means the bacteria are still active
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and when you consume that kind of food
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that is a potential food poisoning so
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the idea here is to prepare this food
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separately
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if you're preparing the vegetable salad
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prepare it finish put it aside
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clean the surfaces and then prepare the
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meat of the poultry or whatever else
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you're cooking
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in this way you're preventing cross
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contamination and also preventing
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food poisoning the cost number four is
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you're deliberately eating your foods
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with dirty hands
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okay it sounds silly but washing hand
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washing has been ignored
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by even others you find small children
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washing their hands before they eat but
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most adults actually ignore it and so
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when you're eating your food with dirty
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hands
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that is already contamination that is
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already full poisoning
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so the idea is do not ignore simple
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rules of sanitation like simply washing
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your hands
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before you grab something to eat that
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way you are able to prevent
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food poisoning so the last cause of food
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poisoning is
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poor storage storage your food is very
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important
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to ensure food security you don't want
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to have reasons
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uh to lack food in your house so proper
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storage your food
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ensures you have good food security
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and therefore when you're not storing
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your food well for instance foods like
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mains
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for instance where you're storing your
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foods in uh without covering them that
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means you're exposing this food into
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uh contamination and when you are ready
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to consume that food
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you might be taking in food that has
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already been contaminated
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so practice self storage of foods that
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really are going to be food secure
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at the same time you're going to prevent
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food poisoning
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so like i've said sometimes the food
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poisoning
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the diarrhea the vomiting all those
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symptoms that you develop from food
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poisoning
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could have been completely your fault
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and there's very very easy ways
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of preventing food poisoning in future
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like simply
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washing your hands before you eat like
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simply preventing cross-contamination of
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food
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by simply storing your food well cooking
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your food
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until they are well cooked and also
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checking on expiry dates so that you
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don't consume food that is already
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expired
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so and there are certain foods that are
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get contaminated very very fast
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like meats poultry eggs and fish these
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are foods that you should watch out for
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make sure this food are well cooked make
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sure these foods are well stored
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also remember to read labels read food
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labels read expiry dates
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and lastly cook your food well i hope
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this video has been helpful
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don't poison yourself next time follow
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the rules
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