12 Kitchen Safety Tips You Can Use Today

Food safety is more than just market, farm and agriculture.  Food safety has to do with everything food and our kitchen is where the action is in our homes.

Here are 12 tips you can use that will help you make sure you are food safety compliant. I will post more tips later but lets start with these to whet our appetite.

1. Keep dish towels, pot holders and napkins away from the stove. 
2. Keep matches and lighters in high places where curious little hands can’t reach them. 
3. If using candles in the kitchen, don’t leave the room (or home) while they’re burning. Make sure they are in a safe place and are in flame proof containers.
4. Never ever leave a kerosene stove unattended to or in an enclosed cooking area.
5. Make sure all wires, cords and plugs on your appliances are not frayed and that the plugs have 3-prong grounded connections. This would include coffee makers, toasters, blenders, microwaves, mixers, etc.
6. Get rid of any appliance that is broken or damaged. New ones are very inexpensive these days. 
7. Avoid wearing inappropriate clothing while cooking. That means loose sleeves, agbada, long sleeved bubas, long scarves etc. 
8. Check furniture, curtains, dish towels, etc. to be sure they are not blocking vents.
9. In case of a grease fire, salt and/or baking soda will help if you do not have a fire extinguisher.
10. Scalding is one of the most common injuries in the kitchen. Make sure to turn pot handles away from the front of the stove and away from little curious hands.
11. Scalding can occur from hot steam as well. Be careful when lifting lids from hot food (including opening that hot bag of microwave popcorn)
12. Clean up spills immediately – wet floors are slippery when wet.  

 Let's here from you, share with us other food safety kitchen tips you use at home.

Take care :)