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Food Safety: Five Steps to Food Safety1

Jennifer Hillan and Linda B. Bobroff2

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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

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La versión en español de este documento es Seguridad Alimentaria: Cinco pasos para obtener seguridad alimentaria (FCS8634-Span).This document is FCS8634, one in a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences; Florida Cooperative Extension Service; Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; University of Florida. First published: February 2000. Revised: August 2006, May 2010. Please visit the EDIS website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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Written in 2000 by Jennifer Hillan, MSH, RD, LD/N, former ENAFS nutrition educator; revised in 2006 and 2010 by Linda B. Bobroff, PhD, RD, LD/N, professor; Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences; Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences; University of Florida; Gainesville, FL 32611.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Nick T. Place, Dean.