Are Your Dishes Clean?

Summary:

Next time you go to a restaurant you might want to think if the plates and utensils you’re using are clean or not. There are hundreds of restaurants closing everyday because they don’t meet health standards. E. coli and salmonella are two of the most type of bacteria outbreak seen in restaurants. One of the reason is dirty plates and utensils. Bacteria like to grow on dirty plates with cheeses, dried milk, eggs, and even lipstick. FDA recommends restaurants to follow three steps in washing dishes. First scrubbing dishes in soapy hot water at temperature 110 degree Fahrenheit. Followed by rinsing with clean water . And then soaking in sanitizer. Ohio State University has done an experiment to see effect of washing dishes with cold water instead of hot water. In their study students have coated dishes with chesses, dried milk, jelly, eggs, and lipstick. And they also contaminated dished with E. coli and Listeria innocua, common bacteria in food-borne diseases in restaurant. Dishes were washed at room temperature water, cold water, and hot water. All three methods met the FDA- acceptable results. But sometimes it all depends on type of utensils, what type of sanitizers is used, or how long utensils have been scrubbed.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/