As guests, lunches and dinners filled the homes this holiday season, many foods are not eaten and are often dumped into the fridge. But the question that arises is how to avoid food poisoning, which usually comes uninvited on so many levels, especially when so much cooked food is stocked.
During a Christmas buffet at home, various foods and delicacies are served and spread on the table for a long period of time. At this time, the foods remain not covered, which means bacteria are free to attack their favorite food, according to WB News.
To avoid such condition, the best way is to only take the food out when needed and put it back when the meal is done. As Christmas is not a right time to get food poisoning and illnesses, it is important to remember that there are a number of bacterias that come from different foods.
Awareness should be raised so people get to know what foods are attacked by which kind of bacteria and what the outcomes can be. For instance, BBC News reports a bacteria called Salmonella usually attacks raw eggs, as well as the diary products.
E. Coli, on the other hand, are present in undercooked beef or even burgers. Poultry meat such as turkey should be also properly cooked to avoid food poisoning problems.
Meanwhile, the holiday season is a time where people get and cook way more than they consume. The leftover foods are then dumped. Cooking should be done using fresh ingredients and the amount should depend on how many or how much people can eat.
Aside from refrigeration, food poisoning can also be avoided by freezing the leftover foods. Several reports also stressed people should understand that freezing is not dangerous at all. It is one of the biggest myths.
