noun phrase · neutral
food hygiene
UK/fuːd ˈhaɪˌdʒiːn/US/fuːd ˈhaɪdʒiːn/FOOD HY·giene
Band 5-6speakingtask2
Practices and standards that keep food clean and safe to eat.
Examples
“Good food hygiene helps prevent food poisoning.”
“The restaurant failed a food hygiene inspection.”
“Staff training on food hygiene is essential in any kitchen.”
Band 8 sentence
“Improving food hygiene at every stage of the supply chain is crucial to reducing outbreaks of food-borne illness.”
Collocations
- poor food hygiene
- food hygiene standards
- food hygiene inspection
Word family
hygienic adjectivehygiene noun
Common mistakes
hygienic food→food hygiene
food clean→food hygiene
Say it for a higher band
5clean food→6food safety→7+food hygiene
Synonyms
food safety
Easily confused
food safety
“The county's food safety regulations were updated last year.”
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