Title: Demonstrate kitchen safety and sanitary food-handling practices.
Course: Family and Consumer Sciences Exploratory III (19251-12) > Section: Enhancing Nutrition and Wellness

Demonstration should reflect good hygiene, safe handling, serving, storage, and sanitation standards for food, including preventing cross-contamination. It should also include equipment maintenance, identifying kitchen safety hazards, using a fire extinguisher, and incorporating kitchen safety skills.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What can happen if safe food-handling practices are not followed?
- What are the risks involved in purchasing prepared foods?
- Why is it important to ensure that food-preparation tools meet sanitary standards?

Communication

- How can you demonstrate kitchen safety?
- How can you share kitchen safety and sanitation practices with your family?

Leadership

- What are your responsibilities as a food preparer?
- How can you make sure food-safety practices are followed by others?

Management

- What information do you need to help you follow safe food-handling practices?
- What should you do if you think someone has been careless with handling food that is to be consumed?
- What should you do if you observe unsafe kitchen practices?