In The Kitchen

Bacteria are everywhere – they live on our worktops, on our cutting boards and rolling pins, in our cupboards and, of course, on our food.

Is this bad?

Not necessarily, dangerous bacteria are very rare and are far outnumbered by harmless or helpful bacteria. This means that your worktop will contain a huge mass of harmless bacteria.

If a harmful bacterium were to arrive on your worktop, the well established harmless bacteria would compete with it for food and space and would probably win – the bacteria in your kitchen (for the most part) actually help to keep your food safe!

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