Salad and Fruit

Tip of the Week Why wash salad and fruit? Recently there was an outbreak of Ecoli food poisoning in the US where over a hundred people were made very sick and a number of people died due to the illness.  The outbreak was traced back to Romaine lettuce.  Ecoli and...

Food Shelf Life

Tip of the Week   Shelf life rules for food in your kitchen First rule is to go by the manufacturer’s instructions.  So, if the manufacturer’s instructions are to use within 7 days of opening – you must use the product within the 7 days. Packaged foods – Once...

Use By Date

Tip of the Week Foods with a USE BY day within 7 days – Use Coloured Day Dots.  The coloured dot is the USE BY day. Foods with a USE BY day longer than 7 days – use a HACCP label Manufactured Packaged Foods All packaged foods are labelled with the manufacturer’s...