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Swine Flu: Not From Food Print

PFSE reminds consumers that the influenza virus A/H1N1 is not spread by food. 

 

 

Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe.  The swine flu virus is spread from humans to humans.
Frequent proper hand washing is one important way to reduce the risk of illness and to avoid the spread of viruses from one person to another.  Wash hands with warm water and soap for 20 seconds - about as long as it takes to sing Happy Birthday twice.   It is always important to practice safe food handling at home as a way to reduce risk of illness.  Explore fightbac.org for home food safety information.
For more on swine flu see www.cdc.gov/swineflu 

 
 

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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