National Food Safety Week takes place from June 6th
to 12th and is an annual event held to promote the
importance of good food hygiene in the home.
Approximately 5.5 million people are affected by food poisoning
each year. Food poisoning is caused by a number of factors,
including not cooking food thoroughly and cross contamination.
Another contributing factor is dirty ovens and barbecues whilst
research shows that reports of food poisoning shoot up over the
summer.
Food particles stuck to the grill become charred, and charred
food may contain cancer-causing agents. Plus, bacteria can also
grow in those food particles. It is imperative therefore that ovens
and barbecues are properly cleaned.
The theme of this year's National Food Safety Week is 'what goes
on behind closed doors' to see what people really do in their own
homes when preparing and cooking food.
Food hygiene in the home is particularly important during the
summer months, when levels of food poisoning soar. There are around
120,000 extra cases of illness recorded across the UK when the
weather is warmest.
Bob Martin, a food safety expert at the FSA, says: "Avoiding
cross-contamination is extremely important, that is preventing
bacteria from spreading between foods and from contaminated
surfaces or utensils. Never use the same chopping board for raw
meat and ready-to-eat foods without washing both the board and
knife thoroughly first."
Anne Blee, Marketing Director of Ovenclean, the UK's original
and most successful oven cleaning specialist, adds: "Having a clean
oven and barbecue also ensures a better cooking experience as clean
racks and grills mean less food gets stuck when cooking. So, for a
variety of reasons and to beat those bugs, it's really important to
clean your ovens and barbecues."
Ovenclean uses a unique 100 percent caustic free environmentally
friendly cleaning system, which rids ovens and barbecues of germs,
ensuring a safe, hygienic and fume-free environment, with
appliances that are safe to use as soon as the cleaning job is
complete.
OvenClean can remove grease, fat and burnt on carbon deposits in
around two hours from ovens, hobs, microwaves, BBQs and Agas.
