Title: Demonstrate kitchen safety and sanitary food-handling practices.
Course: Family and Consumer Sciences Exploratory III (19251-9) > Section: Enhancing Nutrition and Wellness

Demonstration should reflect

- practicing good hygiene
- following safe food-handling and serving
- using temperature-correct storage
- following sanitation standards for food, including preventing cross-contamination
- ensuring maintenance of equipment
- addressing kitchen safety hazards
- using a fire extinguisher
- practicing kitchen callouts (e.g., “hot,” “sharp,” “behind”)
- incorporating other kitchen safety skills.

Teacher Resources:

- Cooking Matters
- Partnership for Food Safety Education
- Young Worker Safety in Restaurants eTool, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What can happen if safe food-handling practices are neglected?
- 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 ensure food-safety practices?

Management

- What should you do if you think someone has been careless with handling food?
- What should you do if you observe unsafe kitchen practices?