Cooking Safely Outdoors
08 August 2012
It’s the summer and we may get some sunny days soon, so people will be eating picnics and having BBQs.
The number of people suffering from food poisoning doubles over the summer.
Don’t forget basic food hygiene so that you don’t suffer from food poisoning.
Cross contamination is a big problem between raw and cooked food on a BBQ
- Always wash your hands after touching raw meat.
- Use separate utensils (plates, tongs, containers) for cooked and raw meat.
- Never put cooked food on a plate or surface that has had raw meat on it.
- Keep raw meat in a sealed container away from foods that are ready to eat, such as salads and buns.
- Don’t put raw meat next to cooked or partly cooked meat on the barbecue.
- Don’t put sauce or marinade on cooked food if it has already been used with raw meat.
You may be serving other food with your BBQ so make sure you keep these foods cool so that bacteria cannot multiply.
- salads
- dips
- milk, cream, yoghurt
- desserts and cream cakes
- sandwiches
- ham and other cooked meats
- cooked rice, including rice salads
A lot more detail can be found on the NHS pages about BBQ food Safety.
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