Food Preservation
National Centre for Home Food
Preservation
This site has information on how to preserve food in a number of different ways. The interactive tutorial on this page has good quality information on heating, cooling, PH and drying.
Safe Food Handling Fact Sheet
Everything you need to know on how to be safe with food. It has a really useful guide for different foods at the bottom of the page.
Fact Sheet on Freezing Food
Looks at questions such as what you can freeze, does freezing destroy bacteria, does freezing retain nutrients and a lot more information.
Fact Sheet on how Temperature Affects Food
This site looks at how long food should be left at room temperature and the 'danger' temperature zones where food is likely to go off.
Fact Sheet on Mould on Food
Looks at issues such as when eating food that has had mould on it is safe and how to prevent the growth of mould.
Fact Sheet on the Refrigeration of Food
Looks at how refrigeration affects food and issues such as where in a fridge different types of food should be placed.
BBC Food Technology - Food acidity and micro-organisms
Looks at the link between acidity and micro-organisms developing in food.
This site has information on how to preserve food in a number of different ways. The interactive tutorial on this page has good quality information on heating, cooling, PH and drying.
Safe Food Handling Fact Sheet
Everything you need to know on how to be safe with food. It has a really useful guide for different foods at the bottom of the page.
Fact Sheet on Freezing Food
Looks at questions such as what you can freeze, does freezing destroy bacteria, does freezing retain nutrients and a lot more information.
Fact Sheet on how Temperature Affects Food
This site looks at how long food should be left at room temperature and the 'danger' temperature zones where food is likely to go off.
Fact Sheet on Mould on Food
Looks at issues such as when eating food that has had mould on it is safe and how to prevent the growth of mould.
Fact Sheet on the Refrigeration of Food
Looks at how refrigeration affects food and issues such as where in a fridge different types of food should be placed.
BBC Food Technology - Food acidity and micro-organisms
Looks at the link between acidity and micro-organisms developing in food.
