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Food Safety - clean, separate, cook, and chill! These activity books, word games and coloring sheets teach kids about food safety in fun and engaging ways. Food safety measures to help students prevent foodborne illness when preparing after school snacks. The invisible enemy is called bacteria (often referred to as BAC). 

Prevent Food Poisoninghand hygiene

Activities are free to download on how to help prevent food poisoning by proper use of refrigerators, microwaves, and cutting boards. Your kitchen is filled with food safety tools, when used properly, can keep you and your loved ones healthy.

Washing hands with soap and clean water is the best way to remove germs that can make you and others sick. If you do not have soap and clean water, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

Video: What You Should Know - The Latest on Hand Sanitizers

Infants and young children, pregnant women, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems caused by cancer treatment, diabetes, AIDS, and bone marrow and organ transplants are at greatest risk for foodborne illness.

Each year, 1 in 6 Americans get sick from eating contaminated food.

Video: Anyone Can Get Food Poisoning

Kids Games & Activities

Video: Smart Kids Fight BAC!

FoodSafety.gov: FoodKeeper App

The FoodKeeper helps you understand food and beverages storage. It will help you maximize the freshness and quality of items. By doing so you will be able to keep items fresh longer than if they were not stored properly. It was developed by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, with Cornell University and the Food Marketing Institute. It is also available as a mobile application for Android and Apple devices.

Free From Harmful Bacteria

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When available, we provide all our content with a Spanish version in our public download section. You can find additional material from sources listed in all our articles.

Video Playlist: Food Safety and Nutrition

Fresh and Frozen Seafood: Selecting and Serving it Safely
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Safe Handling of Raw Produce and Fresh-Squeezed Fruit and Vegetable Juices
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The Food Label and You (Historical PSA)
Are you smarter than a food label? Find out on our quiz show spoof...
The Food Label and You: The 5-20 Rule Part 1 (Historical PSA)
Our "Reporter on the Street" asks everyday people, "What's the 5-20...
The Food Label and You: Game Show Review (Are You Smarter Than A Food Label?) (Historical PSA)
Spoof of the popular game show, this segment pits FDA's "Labelman"...
The Food Label and You: Road Food (Finding Nutrition Information on the Road) (Historical PSA)
Our host talks to a fast-food drive-through diner to demonstrate how to...
The Food Label and You: Party Food (Gametime/Play By Play) (Historical PSA)
Spoof of a Sunday Afternoon Sports show highlighting the importance of...
The Food Label and You: The 5-20 Rule Part 2 (Historical PSA)
In this take off from the 1950's, our mom explains nutrition facts to...
Food Label and You: CSI (Calorie Scene Investigators) (Historical PSA)
A spoof on the popular CSI Series. This double-segment features CSI...
The Food Label and You: Servings (Historical PSA)
Gia Mora hosts an exploration of "serving sizes" and servings per...
Food Label & You Show Open (Historical PSA)
Spoof of a 1950's-era scientist giving a classroom presentation...
Food Safety Modernization Act: Preventive Controls
Description of key preventive control provisions [vpfood]

Fresh and Frozen Seafood: Selecting and Serving it Safely

Fish and shellfish are an important part of a healthful diet. They contain high quality protein and other essential nutrients. A well-balanced diet that includes a variety of fish and ...

 

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