Food Safety: Five Steps to Food Safety1
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You can't see, smell, or taste bacteria, but they can be in and on your food! Follow these five steps to protect yourself and your family from food-related illness.
Step 1: Clean
Wash hands and surfaces often.
Step 2: Cook
Cook foods to proper temperatures.
Step 3: Chill
Refrigerate foods promptly.
Step 4: Separate
Don't cross-contaminate.
Step 5: Use safe water and food
Use fresh and wholesome foods and water from safe sources.
Footnotes
La versión en español de este documento es Cuidado de Alimentos: ¡Mantenga Seguros Los Alimentos! (FCS 8634-Span).This document, FCS8634, is one in a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. First published: February 2000. Revised August 2006. Please visit the EDIS Website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.
Jennifer Hillan, MSH, RD, LD/N, ENAFS nutrition educator, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
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