Food Safety Advice
Safety Advice Clean: Wash Hands and Surfaces Often Bacteria can be spread throughout the kitchen and get onto hands, cutting boards, utensils, counter tops, and food. • Wash your hands with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds before and after handling food and after using the bathroom or changing diapers. • Wash your hands after playing with pets or visiting petting zoos. • Wash your cutting boards, dishes, utensils, and counter tops with hot soapy water after preparing each food item and before you go on to the next food. • Consider using paper towels to clean up kitchen surfaces. If you use cloth towels wash them often in the hot cycle of your washing machine. • Rinse fresh fruits and vegetables under running tap water, including those with skins and rinds that are not eaten. • Rub firm-skinned fruits and vegetables under running tap water or scrub with a clean vegetable brush while rinsing with running tap water. • Keep books, backpacks, or shopping bags off the k...