Dettol Tips: Hygiene in the Kitchen
Why is hygiene in the kitchen so important? If you think about it, germs can be transferred from one food to another by using the same knife, cutting board or other utensils to prepare food. What’s more, the kitchen cloth, if not disinfected, can spread germs across table tops, cutting boards, and other surfaces.
Raw meat, eggs and unwashed vegetables may have germs, like salmonella and e-coli. The presence of such germs can lead to illnesses, such as colds, flu, and more severe infections, like food poisoning.
What’s more, according to the International Home Hygiene Study, funded by Dettol, the kitchen was generally more contaminated than the bathroom.
How do we protect our family from these germs? Here are some simple and helpful tips :
- Wash your hands with antibacterial soap and water, and dry them thoroughly before and after preparing food.
- Where possible, use disposable cloths to clean kitchen tops and other surfaces in contact with raw food. If a cleaning cloth has to be re-used, then it should be decontaminated at least once a day using antiseptic liquid. This step is important. The International Home Hygiene Study, funded by Dettol, found that 100% of kitchen cloths in Malaysian homes surveyed were heavily contaminated.
- Clean and disinfect kitchen work surfaces, such as kitchen taps, and table tops, before and after preparing food. Use antiseptic liquid solution or disinfectant spray. It is important to stop germs from spreading. A recent home swab test, supported by Dettol, found 75% of kitchen taps in Malaysia heavily contaminated with S.aureus and E.coli, bacteria that causes diarrhoea.
- It’s also important to clean and disinfect inside the fridge, microwave, cupboards, and other surfaces that come into frequent contact with food. This is to ensure germs do not spread around the kitchen.
Tips to Healthy Family Makes Happy Family brought to you by Dettol.
