Prevent contamination in the kitchen
Food safety controls contamination, survival of harmful microbes and their spread between ingredients.
Lesson overview
What you'll learn in this lesson
Use safe food preparation methods
Key learning points
- • Clean and separate
- • Cook and chill
This lesson at a glance
- 25 minutes
- 13 parts to scroll through
- 3 quick checks
- Marked quiz at the end
- Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses
Words to know
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Visual introductionPicture this
Prevent contamination in the kitchen
Food safety controls contamination, survival of harmful microbes and their spread between ingredients.
In a nutshell
Use safe food preparation methods
Explore the idea
Part 2 of 13
Learn
Clean and separate
Wash hands and surfaces, keep raw meat away from ready-to-eat food, and use separate equipment or clean it thoroughly between tasks.
Explore the idea
Part 3 of 13
Learn
Cook and chill
Cook food thoroughly, follow storage instructions, cool leftovers promptly and keep chilled food cold. Use-by dates concern safety; best-before dates concern quality.
Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Quick check
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Quick check
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Quick check
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Reset break
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Pause
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Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.
Challenge round
Part 9 of 13
Game · Sort it
Which of these are true?
Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.
True
Not true
Challenge round
Part 10 of 13
Game · Fill the gaps
Finish the sentences
Choose the word that belongs in each gap.
Wash hands and surfaces, keep raw meat away from ready-to-eat food, and use ____ equipment or clean it thoroughly between tasks.
Challenge round
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Game · Recall cards
Why separate raw meat?
Card 1 of 3
Mastery quiz
Part 12 of 13
Marked quiz
End of lesson quiz: Prevent contamination in the kitchen
3 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.
1. Why separate raw meat?
2. A use-by date concerns…
3. Leftovers should be…
Lesson round-up
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Lesson round-up
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