Young children with developing immune systems cannot fight off infections as well as adults. Here are four helpful food safety tips:
Clean: Wash hands, utensils and surfaces often. Germs can spread and survive in many places.
Separate: Raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs can spread illness-causing bacteria to ready-to-eat foods, so keep them separate.
Cook: Food is safely cooked only when the internal temperature is high enough to kill germs that can make you sick. See the safe minimum cooking temperatures chart for how to safely prepare meat, seafood, chicken, and other foods.
Chill: Refrigerate perishable food promptly. Bacteria that cause food poisoning multiply quickest between 40°F and 140°F.
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