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Hygiene and Cleanliness in Fast Food Restaurants

Most fast foods and restaurants claim to maintain a high degree of supervision of their food preparation process . However it is common for kitchen workers who handle food to become complacent about their jobs In USA the law requires that every eatery have at least one ServeSafe certified worker . ServeSafe is a food safety course which is accredited by American National Standards Institute and approved by the National Restaurant Association . Workers who possess the ServeSafe certification are trained to maintain a high degree of cleanliness

and hygiene in kitchen , and they are thought to prevent contamination of food by maintaining a high degree of personal cleanliness (Duncan

Restaurants owners spend lot of money to train their staff they even have an excellent infrastructure that facilitates maintenance of cleanliness and hygiene . Humans however , have a tendency to become complacent with their work and this causes negligence which may sometimes result in gross violation of food safety norms

In her article on Helium .com , Betty Jo Petty reveals that kitchen workers tend to be careless with regards to dressing and personal cleanliness . According to Betty use of hair nets and gloves is mandatory for all kitchen workers but these rules are regularly flouted (Petty Many kitchen workers reveal that under high work pressure thy have sometimes been careless while handling food . In his article Rajesh Bahri a former restaurant worker recounts of an incident when he could have gotten into big trouble just because he had flouted a norm . Rajesh had injured his finger and so had covered the wound with a bandage . Suddenly while preparing salads Rajesh noticed that his bandage was missing , this put him into serious trouble the bandage could have easily slipped into the food he was preparing , he was expecting a complaint from one of the customers which would result in loss of job but fortunately for Rajesh there was no complaint . This incident could have been easily averted if Rajesh had been sincere with rules and worn gloves while working with food . This account also brings to light the fact how workers may unknowingly contaminate the food

Jessica Leinineger who has worked for many different kinds of eateries including fast food reveals a chilling fact about quality of food served in restaurants . In her article Jessica talks about how some restaurants are reluctant to throw away spoilt food . At one of the eateries which she worked for Jessica discovered that strawberries had been infested and the cook decided they could be used after being rinsed . Jessica states that since food establishments are concerned about financial losses they seldom dispose of any spoilt food item . She advises people to be careful while eating out

At fast foods kitchen workers are assigned a specific task which they have to perform throughout the day , because fast foods cater to hundreds of customers each hour the work volume is very high and workers get little or no time to clean their work area...