For Food Safety, SEPARATE!
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Be Food Safe Activity Book)
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Cross-contamination is the scientific word for how bacteria can be spread from one food product to another. This is
especially true when handling raw meat, poultry, eggs and seafood, so keep these foods and their juice away from
ready-to-eat foods!
Right now there may be an invisible enemy ready to strike. He's called BAC (bacteria) and he can make you sick. But you have the power to Fight BAC!® Be Smart. Keep Foods Apart—Don't Cross-Contaminate!
Here are some things that you and your parents can do to Fight BAC!®
- Keep raw meat and poultry apart from foods that won't be cooked.
- Wash hands with warm soapy water for 20 seconds.
- Always wash cutting boards, dishes and utensils with hot, soapy water after they come in contact with raw meat, poultry, eggs and seafood.
- Never place cooked food on a plate that previously held raw meat, poultry and seafood.
Kids, can you separate the food safety words from
the jumbled letters?
WORD BANK
- RAW MEAT
- WASH HANDS
- CLEAN PLATE
- HOT WATER
- SICK
- SOAPY
- SEPARATE
- FIGHT
- BACTERIA
- POULTRY
- COUNTERS
- SCIENCE
- SAFE
- SEAFOOD
- CUTTING BOARD
- CROSS CONTAMINATE