Most of us walk into a restaurant, glance at the menu, and never once think about what's happening twenty feet behind the kitchen door. But a former health inspector sees the world very differently.

Chef Julia Child may have chortled “wash that bird,” but for years food safety experts have been pushing back against that practice. Before cooking, washing raw poultry was thought to contaminate the ...

A familiar kitchen shortcut can quietly raise the risk of foodborne illness: rinsing raw poultry in the sink. What looks like a cleaning step can instead spread bacteria onto counters, faucets, nearby ...

As a general rule of thumb, wipe down your spice jars after you use them. I follow the recommendation by Benjamin Chapman, an author of the study, as he told The Washington Post: Use a clean soapy ...

By cleaning these high-risk items weekly, you can dramatically reduce your risk of kitchen-related contamination and cross-contamination. Quick wins like these make a healthier, fresher kitchen feel ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) – Keeping your kitchen clean is ...

Heading out for a nice meal, whether it’s a dinner date or a simple lunchtime catch-up, should be a pleasant event. It certainly shouldn’t be marred with concerns over getting sick. For both the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Do you think you’re savvy about food safety ...

(NEXSTAR) – Keeping your kitchen clean is essential, especially when working with raw meat, in order to avoid foodborne illnesses like salmonella or E. coli. And while you may think of surfaces like ...