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Handling and preparing food the right way is extremely important, The Quality Food Online Food Safety section goes over the safest way to handle food, and to
cook food. Whether you are in a busy restaurant kitchen, cooking at home for your family or having a BBQ on a hot summers day, follow these guidelines
and everything should go to plan.
Handling Food
Cooking and Heating
Defrosting
BBQ
... 
Proper storage of food is an important part of reducing the risk of food poisoning. Some foods must be stored in the fridge and eaten within a short space of time. Other foods, such as flour, pulses, canned foods and many others last much longer and can be stored at room temperature. But even dried foods have limits on their storage time. So watch out for storage instructions and make sure you always store foods:
In the right place
At the right temperature
For the right time
More information on food storage can be found on the Food... 
The general does and don'ts of food safety. Covering how to store your food, how to dispose of rubbish, pest control
and cooking for young children and the elderly. All vital information for those wanting to run a risk free kitchen
The microbes on our food that can cause food poisoning are usually controlled by heating (cooking) and/or chilling (refrigerating) our food, but given the chance they can easily spread around the kitchen ... 
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