Preventing Cross-Contamination During Storage Fact Sheet

1 Preventing Cross-ContaminationDuring StorageFact SheetTo prevent cross-contaminationwhen storing food,you should dothe following:Store food indesignatedstorage areas. To prevent possiblecontamination,keepfood away fromdishwashing areas,garbage rooms,restrooms, andfurnace rooms. Neverstore food nearchemicals or cleaningsupplies, and keep it outfrom under stairwaysand pipes. Store food in proper containers. If food is removed from itsoriginal package, put it in a clean, sanitized container and cover new container must be labeled with the name of the food and theoriginal use-by or expiration raw meat, poultry, and fish separately from prepared andready-to-eat these items cannot be stored separately, store them belowprepared orready-to-eat food.

2 Raw meat, poultry and fish should be stored in the following top-to-bottomorder in the refrigerator: whole fish, whole cuts of beef and pork, ground meats and fish, andwhole and ground food properly before storing it. Leaving food uncovered can lead to Cross-Contamination . Cover food with tight-fitting plastic wrap or aluminum aretransferred from onefood or surface toanother, carried byutensils, hands or otherfoods, cross-contaminationhas occurred. If you are notcareful, it can happen veryeasily when storing food in yourestablishment. For example, Cross-Contamination can takeplace when raw food (likechicken) is allowed to touch ordrip onto prepared or ready-to-eat food (like lettuce), orwhen food is stored in acontainer that has notbeen properly cleanedand sanitized.

3 It canoccur in manyother waysas for instructional use only by permission of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Not for individual sale. 2006 Pick a FridgeDirections:Circle the letter of the refrigerator in which food hasbeen properly stored to prevent Cross-Contamination . Optional Activity 1 Preventing Cross-ContaminationDuring StorageACakeRaw salmonRawbeef roastRaw ground beefRaw turkeyCakeRaw turkeyRaw ground beefRaw salmonRaw beef roastBReproducible for instructional use only by permission of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Not for individual sale.

4 2006 What s Wrong withThis Picture?Directions:The picture below contains unsafe Storage the food item(s) that have been stored Activity 2 Preventing Cross-ContaminationDuring StorageReproducible for instructional use only by permission of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Not for individual sale. 2006 What s Wrong withThis Picture?Directions:The picture below contains unsafe Storage the food item(s) that have been stored Activity 3 Preventing Cross-ContaminationDuring StorageReproducible for instructional use only by permission of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.

5 Not for individual sale. 2006 What s Wrong withThis Picture?Directions:The picture below contains unsafe Storage the food item(s) that have been stored Activity 4 Preventing Cross-ContaminationDuring StorageReproducible for instructional use only by permission of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Not for individual sale. 20061. Pick a FridgeThe food in Refrigerator Ahas been stored properlyto prevent meat,poultry, and fish must bestored below prepared orready-to-eat food if storedin the same refrigerator. Itshould also be stored in thefollowing top-to-bottomorder: ready-to-eat food,whole fish, whole cuts ofbeef and pork, groundmeats and fish, and wholeground What s Wrong withThis Picture?

6 The raw turkey, lettuce, and the food stored in thefour hotel pans haveall been stored incorrectly. The raw turkey has been stored above preparedand ready-to-eat stored in the samerefrigerator, raw poultry should be stored on thebottom shelf below any prepared or ready-to-eatitems. The lettuce has been stored inan containershould have atight-fitting lid. Food has beenstored in unmarkedhotel pans. Storage containersused to store foodshould be What s Wrong withThis Picture?The flour and the pasta have been stored should never be stored in dishwashing areassince it may become What s Wrong with ThisPicture?

7 The bananas, bread and tomatoes have all beenstored should never be storednear chemicalsor Cross-ContaminationDuring Storage Fact SheetOptional Activity AnswersAcakeraw salmonraw beef roastraw ground beefraw turkeyReproducible for instructional use only by permission of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. Not for individual sale. 2006