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Food Safety


A Few Basic Rules of Food Safety



1) Wash your hands before eating.

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2) Use clean dinnerware.

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3) Wash fruits and vegetables.

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4) Don’t eat raw or partially cooked meats,
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The Fight BAC!^® program is both a simple and useful way to help kids significantly reduce their risk for foodborne illnesses. Fight BAC!^® involves 4 easy steps:


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Let's take a closer look at each of these steps:


1) Clean




2) Separate




3) Chill




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4) Cook




Fight BAC!^® is a consumer-friendly public education campaign that focuses on safe food handling. Fight BAC!^® was developed in collaboration with the President's National Food Safety Initiative. The goal is to educate consumers on four simple steps (Clean, Separate, Chill and Cook) that they can utilize to fight foodborne bacteria and reduce their risk of foodborne illness. For more information check out the Fight BAC!^® website at http://www.fightbac.org/main.cfm




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Food Thermometers


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For more information about Thermy^TM go to_http://www.fsis.usda.gov/oa/thermy/art.htm

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