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Kitchen hygiene

Keeping

Cloud Kitchens Clean

As kitchen spaces get smaller and ushra Ahmed opines five golden
rules are to be followed to prevent
living rooms expand in urban homes, B the risk of food contamination.
the conscientious home-maker Robust System Creation

turned professional has now to This involves creation of routine
depend on cloud kitchens to supply sampling plan for testing of products,
prompt, nutritious, ‘home-made’ food ensuring fumigation protocols with
approved chemicals are followed to prevent
for sustenance. Prepared food from airborne microbes from contaminating the
product, audit and safety checks, installation
kitchens falls under high-risk category of IoT-based monitoring systems to give

as unintentional transference of rapid alerts and swab testing of food contact
surfaces including hands.
microbes from one object to another
can create contamination resulting Blast chilling and freezing
This is the most commonly used method
in illness and toxication from food. for rapidly reducing the product temperature
What are the safety measures that so that the product does not reach the
danger zone. Earlier, when the product
can prevent cross contamination in was cooked in bulk there was loss of heat
kitchens? We invited Tarun Bhatia, at room temperature. However, with blast
chilling the reduced temperature is safe
Country Manager, EMR Resources from bacterial growth.

UK and Chef
Ambassador,

Venix SRL Italy
and Bushra
Ahmed, Head

QFHSE and
Compliance,

Republic of
Chicken, to
share their

views.

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