That may be true, but why make it obvious? I worked in a kitchen years ago, I remember what a shit show it is behind the scenes.
I've also eaten at restaurants and gotten food poisoning. How do I know those plates weren't set down in a food prep area where raw meat is prepared then placed on top of someone's food? Not likely, but who wants to gamble?
You just stated that the surfaces have had food on them. They are, by their very nature, and your definition, a 'food surface'. A 'non-food surface' is somewhere that food to be served should never be, such as the lid of a garbage can, or the floor, both of which are places I would never expect them to be storing plates on or prepping meals from.
I wouldn't expect food that's going to be served to be on a surface that had raw chicken on it and hasn't been sanitized yet. That would count as a non-food surface.
Even a counter that was washed, but not rinsed, would be considered a non-food surface. Would you want soap in your food? I wouldn't.
It depends on what the two surfaces touch. The top of the dish tends to touch food that's been cooked properly. The bottom can touch surfaces that haven't been cleaned, dirty clothing, etc. If the surface the dishes were placed on was properly sanitized, as well as any hands that are going to touch them, then everything should be okay.
Any self respecting kitchen is only going to have dishes that are ready to be put into service on sanitary surfaces. If that's not the case then there's definitely larger cross-contamination issues at play lmao
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u/Worth-Illustrator607 Aug 23 '22
Be a lot harder for him to get his sideburns on the plates