Food Safety Publications

Food Safety in the Home

Research shows that improper handling, preparation, and storage of food at home can cause foodborne illness.  Consumers can reduce the risk of foodborne illness by following these easy steps of Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill.  Some of the materials below are available in multiple languages.

• Fight BAC!® Four Steps to Food Safety – fact sheet
  activity sheet that adapts FightBAC!™ messages for low-literacy audiences.
  (pdf available in: English, Chinese, Haitian, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese) (8.5”X14”)
  
• Keeping Your Family Fed if the Power Goes Out – fact sheet
  fact sheet to help plan foods to have in case of a power outage.
  (pdf available in: English) (8.5”X11”)
  
• Keeping Food Safe if the Power Goes Out – fact sheet
  fact sheet listing foods to keep and foods to throw out when the power goes out.
  (pdf available in: English) (8.5”X11”)
  
• Safe Bag Lunches – fact sheet
  fact sheet reinforces clean, cook and chill concepts for keeping bag lunches safe.
  (pdf available in: English, Chinese, Greek, Haitian, Khmer, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese) (8.5”X14”)
  
• Wash Hands – poster
  Poster demonstrating basic hand-washing steps and guidelines for consumers.
  (pdf available in: English, Chinese, Greek, Haitian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese) (8.5”X11”)

Food Safety Pre and Post Natural Disasters

• Recovering from a Storm: Frozen Foods

• Recovering from a Storm: Refrigerated Foods

• Recovering from a Storm: Garden Flooding

• Keeping Food Safe After a Storm

• Be Ready for Storms, Hurricane Edition

 

Programs such as FightBAC!® (http://www.fightbac.org/) and Be Food Safe (http://www.fsis.usda.gov/be_foodsafe/) also provide resources on these topics.