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What are the Basic Food Hygiene Rules? What You Should Know

To ensure you stay within the legal guidelines in a kitchen, you must follow certain food hygiene rules. This article explains the rules you should follow, the consequences if you don’t follow food hygiene regulations, and how to qualify for Food Hygiene Level 2. 

What are the basic rules of food hygiene? To ensure good food hygiene, you should follow the four Cs. These include thorough and regular cleaning, cooking foods to the correct temperature to kill bacteria, chilling foods quickly and correctly, and preventing cross-contamination by using colour-coded chopping boards and storing food correctly.

Read on to learn more about food hygiene rules and how you can learn about food safety in a kitchen.