When reheating food, harmful bacteria may have grown since the food has been cooked. It is essential that food is reheated properly to kill the harmful bacteria. It is also important to keep food hot until serving to prevent harmful bacteria from growing.
Reheating
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Your actions:
1. Keep a log of events if things go wrong, what did you do?
2. Check your equipment is working properly.
3. Review your reheating method – you may wish to increase the time/temperature.
4. Use different equipment or change portion size.
5. Train your team.
Hot Holding
Your actions:
1. Keep a log of events if things go wrong, what did you do?
2. Check your equipment is working properly.
3. Review your hot holding method – you may wish to increase the time/temperature.
4. Use different equipment or change portion size.
5. Train your team.
