Precautions
With
Airborne Toxins
and Fires
Airborne Toxins:
Unsafe for your Food
• Natural disasters may release airborne toxins
into the air.
• Wind can carry toxins.
• Examples of toxins.
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Dangerous gases
Ashes
Broken glass
Asbestos
Pesticides.
Fires:
Unsafe to Your Food
• Foods exposed to fires can be made
unsafe to eat by:
– Excessive heat changing food components
and packages.
– Smoke.
– Toxic fumes from burning materials.
– Chemicals used to fight fires.
Food Exposed to Fire
or Airborne Toxins
• Discard all food items:
– Foods stored outside of the refrigerator.
– Raw foods in permeable packaging.
– All food in cans, bottles, and jars.
– Foods stored in refrigerators and freezers.
Grape
Jelly
Cookware Exposed to Fire
or Airborne Toxins
• Wash all cookware in soap and hot water.
• Submerge for 15 minutes in a sanitizing
solution.
Sanitizing Solution
1 tablespoon of household bleach per one gallon of
drinking water.
Countertops and Kitchen Surfaces
Exposed to Fire or Airborne Toxins
• Clean with warm soapy water and then
sanitize with bleach solution.
• Fires may require more attention.
– Check for any damage before you begin to
clean.
– Have all appliances inspected by a service
representative.
– Do not touch any exposed electrical lines.
Chemicals and toxic fumes cannot be
washed off food.
The food must be thrown in the garbage.
Conclusion
• Airborne toxins come in many different forms.
• Fires make food unsafe by excess heat or
contaminants released from burning
materials.
• Discard all food items after being exposed to
airborne toxins or fire.
• All cookware and kitchen surfaces need to be
washed with warm soapy water and then
sanitized .