Food safety management is necessary to prevent food poisoning. Food poisoning results from consuming unsafe or unhygienic food and is mainly caused by bacteria like salmonella and listeria multiplying to disease levels at favorable temperatures. There are different types of food hazards including biological from microbes, chemical from pesticides and cleaning agents, and physical from particles, glass or metal. Keys to safe food include regularly washing hands and surfaces, keeping food at safe temperatures, and using safe water and raw materials.

1. Food Safety Management
By Eric Ittah

2. Why Food Safety is Necessary?
Unsafe food may cause a number of health
issues including food poisoning.

3. What is food poisoning?
Food poisoning is a health disorder that
results due to consuming unsafe or
unhygienic food.

4. Causes of Food Poisoning
Food poisoning is mainly caused
by bacteria such as salmonella and listeria.

5. Bacteria
Bacteria can multiply rapidly to disease
causing levels at favorable temperature. It
can produce toxins in food that can poison
humans when food is consumed. Most of
the food borne illnesses is caused due to
bacteria.

6. Different types of food hazards
Biological Hazards
Chemical Hazards
Physical hazards

7. What is Biological hazard?
It is a threat to food that is caused by
disease causing microbes.

8. What is chemical hazard?
Chemical hazard is caused to the food by
pesticides, cleaning agents and other
harmful agents.

9. What are physical hazards?
Any danger that is caused to the food by
any physical particles, glass or metal are
called physical hazards.

10. Keys to safe food
There are many ways to keep food safe.
Wash hands and work surfaces regularly
to keep away flies and other pests. Keep
food at safe temperatures and use safe
water and raw materials for cooking
process.

11. Thank You
Contact me at eric@ericittah.ca