Maintaining hygiene and sanitation in food handlings areas of hotels amid covid-19 outbreak

Lal Sunil, Dhyani Ashish, Dhyani Archana, Pandey RC

Department of Hospitality and Management, Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

ABSTRACT

The current circumstances have led towards a consideration to keep proper hygiene and sanitation in hotels kitchen during Covid-19 pandemic to prevent from food contamination. This study aims to assess need analysis on maintaining the level of hygiene and sanitation in hotels kitchen amid Covid-19 outbreak. Food handlers should be aware about the necessary to improve the hygiene practices. Proper utilization of disinfectants and chemicals with utmost care is very necessary to maintain hygiene and sanitation. This paper is aims to assess need analysis on maintaining the level of hygiene and sanitation in hotels kitchen amid Covid-19 outbreak. The current circumstances have led towards a consideration to keep proper hygiene and sanitation in hotels kitchen during Covid-19 pandemic to prevent from food contamination. Data was collected through a survey during the lockdown period from the professionals hailing from Food and Beverage Production and Service departments of renowned hotels. The findings suggested towards the various aspects viz. personal hygiene, adhering to norms, handling food responsibly, sanitation at workplace and proper waste disposal amid COVID-19 outbreak with the above mentioned points in kitchen is of utmost importance mostly when there is a pandemic disease like Covid-19 which needs to be tackled with great care.

Keywords:

Hygiene, Sanitation, Food contamination, Disinfectants.