Liam Jones
Founder, Pilla App
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Learn how to defrost food safely and the rules for use-by dates after thawing, plus how Pilla and AI help you build defrosting procedures into your system.
Join Liam Jones, founder of Pilla and a qualified food safety consultant, for a session on defrosting food.
Understand
Fridge defrosting is the preferred method because it keeps food below 8°c throughout the process. Cold running water is acceptable for emergencies. Defrosting at ambient temperature overnight is never acceptable.
Correct defrosting ensures the cooking process will be even throughout the product. If the centre is still frozen when cooking begins, the outside may be cooked while the inside remains at temperatures where bacteria survive.
Thaw juices from raw meat are highly contaminated with bacteria. Defrosting items must be placed in containment trays on the bottom shelf of the fridge to prevent drip contamination of other foods.
Raw foods previously frozen must be used within 24 hours once fully defrosted. Cooked foods that were frozen must be used within 2 days. Food must never be refrozen once defrosted.
Apply
See how defrosting food fits into your wider food safety management system in Pilla. We walk through how to build this into your system so that your team has clear processes, accountability, and a documented trail that proves compliance.
Automate
Learn how AI can speed up this process and connect Pilla to your other tools, giving you a much more joined up system across your business.
Bring your questions, we'll be answering them live throughout.