Four steps in food safety--preventing food poisoning

Four steps in food safety--preventing food poisoning

Follow four simple steps.

Home exterior - clean, separate, cooking and refrigerated - can help protect you and your loved ones from food poisoning.

Cleaning: Wash your hands and surfaces frequently.

Washing your hands with soap, washing fresh fruits and vegetable, washing utensils, cutting boards, and countertops

Separate: Do not cross-contaminate the outside

When storing foods, the raw meat, poultry, seafood and eggs are stored separately from all other foods in the refrigerator.

Cook: suitable temperature

Food is safely cooked when the internal temperature gets high enough to kill germs,not high enough temperature that can make you sick.

Chill: Refrigerate in time.

Keep the refrigerator below 40°F and know when to discard food.