Poor food hygiene undermines Ghana’s tourism potential

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• PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 10 years ago

  1. Wash your hands before and after you handle food.
  
  2. Clean utensils and working surfaces with hot soapy water before, after and also during food preparation.
  
  3. Never use the same cutting board or the same utensils f ...
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  1. Wash your hands before and after you handle food.
  
  2. Clean utensils and working surfaces with hot soapy water before, after and also during food preparation.
  
  3. Never use the same cutting board or the same utensils for raw meat, chicken or fish, and vegetables. As a general rule, keep meat, chicken and fish away from other foodstuffs
  4. Never place cooked meat or fish on the same surface where you placed it raw, without cleaning the surface thoroughly beforehand.
  
  5. Thaw your food in the fridge, never at room temperature. If you defrost it in the microwave, cook it immediately afterwards.
  
  6. Never refreeze a product you have previously defrosted.
  
  7. Throw away tins of food that are dented or swollen.
  
  8. Throw away cracked eggs.
  
  9. Never eat chicken if the flesh is still red after it has been cooked.
  
  10. Close container lids and insert corks firmly before you store products in the fridge.
  
  11. Throw away any that show signs of mold.
  
  12. Never eat raw pastry, even to taste it.
  
  13. Put leftovers in the fridge or freezer within 2 hours of the end of a meal and if they’re uneaten after two days, throw them out.

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• Mrs Fact finder 10 years ago

  education and best practices.

  education and best practices.

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• Obroni 10 years ago

  I think the poor food is not any problem. The Problem is the inability of Ghana Embassies.The online visa application is a big horror , telephone service id bad and the e-mail is not working.Try it yourself.
  www.ghanaemberli ...
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  I think the poor food is not any problem. The Problem is the inability of Ghana Embassies.The online visa application is a big horror , telephone service id bad and the e-mail is not working.Try it yourself.
  www.ghanaemberlin.de

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• Kwaku. 10 years ago

  Recently, the hotel school managers and the Minister of Tourism were boasting that they have just graduated 22,000 students for the hotel industry. Well, they deserve some praise but the real problem about food hygiene is the ...
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  Recently, the hotel school managers and the Minister of Tourism were boasting that they have just graduated 22,000 students for the hotel industry. Well, they deserve some praise but the real problem about food hygiene is the poor infrastructure. Lack of running water, too much shaking of hands, and a weak culture of clean toilet areas. You cannot change these by training students. You must educate that buys the food and identify and reward food sellers who practice excellent food hygiene.

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