Tips to Fight Bacteria in your Kitchen
Bacteria can be spread throughout the kitchen and get onto hands, cutting boards, utensils, counter tops and food. To Fight BAC!® always:
- Wash your hands with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds before and after handling food and after using the bathroom, changing diapers and handling pets.
- Wash your cutting boards, dishes, utensils, and counter tops with hot soapy water after preparing each food item and before you go on to the next food.
- Consider using paper towels to clean up kitchen surfaces. If you use cloth towels wash them often in the hot cycle of your washing machine.
- Rinse fresh fruits and vegetables under running tap water, including those with skins and rinds that are not eaten.
- Rub firm-skin fruits and vegetables under running tap water or scrub with a clean vegetable brush while rinsing wtih running tap water.
The above information came from the Partnership for Food Safety Education Fightbac web site.
Food Safety Tips
- Tips to Fight Bacteria in your Kitchen
- BAC!® to School: Quick Tips to Packing a Safe Lunch
- Tips for handling leftovers
- EGG - STRA! EGG - STRA!
- Proper Use of Cutting Boards
- Frozen Food
- Thermometers
- Proper Cooking Temperatures
- Ground Beef Safety
- How to Properly Thaw Frozen Food
- How to Properly Wash Your Hands to Prevent the Spread of Foodborne Illness
- GROUND BEEF FACTS
