Listeriosis and Pregnancy: What is Your Risk?

Safe Food Handling for a Healthy Pregnancy

This document has been archived.

See the more recent Fact Sheet from FSIS:
Protect Your Baby and Yourself from Listeriosis April 2006
(also available in Spanish PDF)

For more information

Food Safety and Inspection Service Meat and Poultry Hotline
1-800/535-4555 (in Washington, DC area 202/ 720-3333)
TTY: 1-800/ 256-7072
www.fsis.usda.gov 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Foodborne Illness Line (24 hr recorded information)
1-888/232-3228
www.cdc.gov/foodsafety

U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
1-888-SAFEFOOD
www.cfsan.fda.gov

Gateway to Government Food Safety Information:
www.foodsafety.gov

Partnership for Food Safety Education
www.fightbac.org 

International Food Information Council ( IFIC) Foundation
http://ific.org

This brochure is developed in collaboration with the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).
www.awhonn.org

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.dhhs.gov 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov 

Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov 

U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service
www.fsis.usda.gov 

International Food Information Council ( IFIC) Foundation
http://ific.org 

Fight BAC!®

When preparing meals for yourself and/ or your family, it is important to remember these four basic guidelines to help keep your food safe from harmful bacteria.

1. Clean
Wash hands and surfaces often

2. Separate
Don't allow cross-contamination between raw and cooked foods

3. Cook
Cook to proper temperatures use a food thermometer

4. Chill
Refrigerate or freeze promptly

* Distributed May 2002 for use in September 2002 as part of the International Food Safety Council's National Food Safety Education Month.

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