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The Core Four Practices

Right now, there may be an invisible enemy ready to strike. He's called BAC (bacteria) and he can make people sick. In fact, even though consumers can't see BAC - or smell him, or feel him - he and millions more like him may already be invading food products, kitchen surfaces, knives and other utensils.

But consumers have the power to Fight BAC!® and to keep food safe from harmful bacteria. It's as easy as following these four simple steps:

  • CLEAN:  Wash hands and surfaces often
  • SEPARATE:  Don't cross-contaminate!  
  • COOK:   Cook to proper temperature 
  • CHILL:   Refrigerate promptly
 

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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