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When running a restaurant, one of the utmost concerns is sanitation. In order to keep guests coming back, you need to have a clean restaurant that practices food safety and produces quality food. Today's blog from Fast Fix LLC focuses on the importance of sanitation by offer several actionable tips. These tips are important for preventing foodborne illnesses in the food service industry. 1. Proper Personal Hygiene for Employees.  One of the most common causes of foodborne illness is bacteria spread by people handling food. Every action in food service could easily impact food safety from purchasing and storing to preparing and serving. Anyone handling food should practice proper personal hygiene. This includes washing their hands frequently and at key times during food handling. Covering any cuts with a proper bandage is also critical for food safety. 2. Proper Cleaning & Sanitizing of All Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils.  Anything that comes in contact wit...

December is Worldwide Food Service Safety Month. Food safety plays an important role in the food service industry. People working with food need to make sure they're buying, storing, preparing and serving food properly. Being in the food service industry, Fast Fix LLC wanted to share with you some food service safety tips to keep in mind. Food Labeling Mislabeled products can lead to allergic reactions or other sickness due to expired food. Therefore, it's extremely important that restaurants and other businesses in the food service industry have a system in place for properly labeling foods, and also have a training program in place to make sure every employee understands the importance of proper labeling and how it works at your establishment. Quality and freshness of product is critical to the success of any restaurant. Commercial Refrigeration Your commercial kitchen equipment also plays a big role in food safety. Without properly working refrigeration units,...

The restaurant business revolves around food. Preparing food, cooking food, serving food, cleaning up food, the list of food related restaurant duties goes on and on. When it comes to preparing food commercially, it's extremely important to keep food safety in mind. Consumers are becoming more and more concerned with how their food is being prepared and whether or not it's safe to eat. In today's blog, Fast Fix LLC offers some food safety tips for you to keep in mind when running a commercial kitchen. 1. Wash Your Hands. One of the most important things to remember when working in a commercial kitchen is to keep your hands clean. One of the main culprits of foodborne illnesses is dirty hands. Obviously you need to wash them anytime you go to the bathroom, leave the kitchen, touch doorknobs, etc. However, you also need to wash your hands when dealing with different foods to avoid cross-contamination. In addition to washing your hands, you should wash meat and vegetab...