Marmit: See the main precautions in the preparation of yours

Food and preserve lunch is important to protect health from diseases caused by bacteria

Take lunch box For the work it has become a habit among the Brazilians. From the pandemic, the number of workers who prefer to consume homemade meals has grown. The panoramic research of food at work, conducted by the happiest institute, shows that 42% of those who work abroad have already joined this practice.

The habit of bringing food to work has different motivations. The main ones are the choice of healthiest foods and the saving of time or money. Whatever the case, it is essential to pay attention to the type of food transported and correctly clean the lunch box to avoid health risks.

According to the biomedical Yasmin Carla Ribeiro, the highly recorded temperatures recently favor the multiplication of microorganisms such as Salmonella, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus Aureus, bacteria responsible for food poisoning that can cause diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

“In addition to taking care of the quality, preparation and refrigeration of food, the containers used to bring food to work must be adequately healthy”, warns the teacher of the biomedicin course at Unicuritiba – an institution that is part of anxious education. According to her, the food safety of the lunch boxes made at home depends on a series of basic care to reduce the risk of contamination, such as:

• Kitchen hygiene, tools, hands and food itself;
• Choice of ingredients;
• Period of validity of the product;
• Cooking processes and correction of the correct preparation of food;
• Cooling of meals before putting them in the lunch box;
• The storage at adequate temperature and the transport of meals in thermal bags, depending on the distance between the residence and the workplace.

Care of the preparation of the lunch box

The combination of heat, food remains, humidity or contact for lunch with contaminated surfaces can put users’ health at risk. Therefore, it is important Sanit the lunch box before using it again. Great hygiene practices include:

• Wash the lunch box with hot water and neutral detergent;
• Use a brush if the container has many cracks or corners that can preserve food,
• Sanit the lunch box with 70% alcohol or a bleach solution (a spoon in a liter of water).

The expert recalls that the separation or disassembly of all parts of the lunch box facilitates hygiene. “After washing each piece, it is important to dry everything with a clean cloth, since residual humidity can encourage the growth of microorganisms. To keep the empty lunch box, choose a place protected by dust and insects”, teaches Yasmin.

Source: Terra

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