When it comes to food safety, what comes to mind? Is it the freshness of the ingredients, or is there no reuse of oil? In fact, the cleaning and maintenance of the cutting board also has a big impact on food safety.

For example, the wooden cutting board with a long time will have a lot of scratches, and these places are easy to hide dirt, breeding bacteria and mold. Moreover, if the meat is cut raw, the meat residue is stuck in the cracks of the cutting board, the other food will easily be contaminated by the raw meat E. coli, Salmonella and other bacteria, which may cause food poisoning.

Then what is the most reasonable way to use the cutting board? It is best to prepare at least two cutting boards at home, so that they are separated from each other, so as to avoid the cross spread of bacteria. If conditions, you can also separate meat and vegetables, more safe.

Looking at various materials of cutting board, do not know how to choose? Wood cutting board is suitable for those who need to cut and chop this kind of heavy work ingredients, while silicone, plastic or stainless steel cutting board is more lightweight and easy to clean, which can reduce the burden of people in the kitchen. If you do not cook often, or rarely need to chop and chop such heavy work, silicone or plastic cutting board is more suitable.

Choose the right cutting board can not be finished, if the cleaning is not thorough, the same will mold, breeding bacteria. Therefore, after the use of the cutting board must be cleaned in time, it is best to use detergent and water rinse clean. Then dry with kitchen paper towels or hang/stand to dry. This will avoid bacterial growth and keep it dry.

Of course, different materials of cutting board maintenance is also different. If it is a silicone cutting board, you can boil it directly for more than 10 minutes to disinfect it, but for hard cutting boards such as wood, bamboo, stainless steel and plastic, it is recommended to wash the board thoroughly with detergent and water to ensure that the surface is clean. Then wipe the surface of the cutting board with 75% alcohol to further disinfect it.

In short, there is no small thing in the kitchen, always have two cutting boards at home, raw and cooked separate is very important. But the cutting board after all belongs to consumables, once found mold, discoloration, cracking, deformation, scratches too much, slag and other situations, must be replaced in time to avoid disaster from the mouth. (Popular Science China)

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