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Safe steps in food handling, cooking, and storage are essential in preventing foodborne illness. Whether shopping for food or preparing foods for your family, the following guidelines can guide you in keeping food safe.
Keep Food Safe! Food Safety Basics Safe steps in food handling, cooking, and storage are essential in preventing foodborne illness. You can't see, smell, or taste harmful bacteria that may cause illness. In every step...
Safe Food Handling and Preparation Cook, clean, chill, and separate - these are the four vital rules for handling and preparing foods safely. Use the collections of factsheets below to learn how to put these rules int...
Cleanliness is a major factor in preventing foodborne illness. Even with food safety inspection and monitoring at Federal, State, and local government facilities, the consumer's role is to make sure food is handled sa...
The study measured consumers’ adherence to recommended food safety practices (such as using a food thermometer, handwashing, and preventing cross-contamination) between participants who received an educational interve...
That’s what Kitchen Companion: Your Safe Food Handbook is all about. This food safety handbook contains all the basic information you need to know about food safety: some old and some new and all in one place.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has developed a list of the top food safety research areas of interest. Below are a list of specific research studies associated with our food safety research priorities.
Food safety culture includes the value an establishment places on attitudes, practices, and education of its employees about food safety practices. It is well documented that unsafe employee behaviors can produce unsafe food.
Per the FDA Food Code Annex 4, Management of Food Safety Practices, Achieving Active Managerial Control of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors, active managerial control incorporates preventive approaches to food safety th...
September is National Food Safety Education Month (FSEM)! Each year, there are an estimated 48 million cases, 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths from foodborne illness. This FSEM, our emphasis is cross-contamin...
