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4-Step Recipe for Food Safety:

Clean: Wash your hands often. Clean your counters with hot soapy water, but don’t wash your chicken or meat! Washing raw meat, chicken, turkey, fish or eggs can spread germs to your sink, countertops, and other surfaces in your kitchen.

Separate: Keep raw meat, chicken, turkey, seafood, and eggs separate from other foods. Use different cutting boards for uncooked meats and vegetables to avoid germs from raw meat contaminating food that won’t be cooked before you eat it.

Cook: Cook foods to a safe internal temperature to kill germs that could make you sick. Measure with a food thermometer because you can’t tell if food is fully cooked just by looking at the color.

Chill: Refrigerate your leftovers and other perishable food within 2 hours of cooking. If it’s warmer than 90°F outside, refrigerate leftovers after only an hour. Keep your refrigerator at 40°F or below.

Anyone can get sick from eating contaminated food. Follow four simple food safety steps: clean, separate, cook, and chill to lower your chance of food poisoning and to protect yourself and others.

Stay tuned for more detailed information.

September is National Food Safety Education Month, and a great time to freshen up on food safety.

We will be sharing tips throughout the month for preventing food poisoning when you cook at home.

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With 2020 coming to a close, we wanted to reach out and send our best wishes to you and yours!

We hope that 2021 holds success and good fortune in any endeavour you pursue. It has been a pleasure getting to know you and your organization this year.