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Download and print the color Fight BAC®! poster to hang in your kitchen!

Kids!  Foodborne bacteria could make you and those you care about sick. In fact, even though you can't see BAC - or smell him, or feel him - he and milloins more like him may have already invaded the food you eat. But you have the power to Fight BAC®!


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SAFE HANDLING OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!

The Partnership for Food Safety has specific tips for consumers on how to safely handle fresh fruits and vegetables to reduce the risk of foodborne illness!  

 

fightbac.org, the website of the Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE), is your resource for Fight BAC! food safety and safe food handling campaign information.

The Partnership for Food Safety Education 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 safe food handling practices needed to keep food safe from bacteria and prevent foodborne illness.

   

If juices run clear then meat and poultry is cooked to a safe temperature.




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