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MYTH BUSTERS Print

INTRODUCTION: Over the years we have all heard advice related to food safety. Some of this advice rings true, while other guidance is just plain wrong. To help you protect yourself and your family from foodborne illness. The Partnership for Food Safety Education has created new materials for consumers and educators that debunk four common home food safety myths. Brush up on safe food handling advice with Fight BAC!®

MYTH: If you become ill from eating contaminated food, it is the last food you ate that made you sick.

FACT:
 This is usually not true. Most symptoms do not occur until hours or even days later. For example, when infected with salmonella, the most common foodborne illness, an individual will not develop symptoms until 8-72 hours after the contaminated food was eaten.

Coming this September from the Partnership for Food Safety Education:
4 Myths * 4 Weeks

Mythbuster flyers/clip art, educator's guide, video and other materials are now available here!

Sign up to receive Mythbuster ecards and other food safety reminders at fightbac.org.

 

fightbac.org, the website of the Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE), is a consumer food safety resource.  Get free downloads on safe food handling information from Fight BAC!®.

The Partnership for Food Safety Education saves lives and improves public health through research-based, actionable consumer food safety initiatives that reduce foodborne illness.

PFSE unites representatives from industry associations, professional societies in food science, nutrition and health consumer groups, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration in an important initiative to educate the public about preventing foodborne illness.

   

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If you become ill from eating contaminated food, it is the last food you ate that made you sick.




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