Food Safety

http://www. ghtbac.org/safe-food-handling

Food Safety Chain of Prevention:

Keeping Food Safe

Before food gets to our table it passes through several steps. Tiny germs called pathogens – so small they can only be seen with a microscope – can get into our food and make us sick. Keeping food safe and preventing food poisoning starts at the farm and extends all the way to our family’s dinner table!

Food Safety at Home

Food poisoning can happen to anyone. Following four simple steps at home will help reduce your risk of food poisoning: Clean: Separate: Cook: Chill:

wash hands

and surfaces

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www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/RetailFoodProtection/FoodCode/ Facilities that make, process, pack, or hold

our food use good manufacturing practices

and have food safety plans that identify

ways to control, minimize or prevent food

safety hazards that could make us sick. One

system that is used to prevent hazards in

foods is called HACCP - Hazard Analysis and

Critical Control Points. www.fda.gov/Food/

GuidanceRegulation/HACCP/

People who receive shipments of food or

who transport food from place to place

take steps to keep food from becoming

contaminated during loading and

unloading, transporting and storage.

Grocery stores and restaurants take many

steps to reduce the risk of foodborne

illness. Rules from the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) called the “Food

Code” provide science-based advice to

keep food safe in grocery stores and

restaurants.

Those who grow, harvest, pack, and hold

our food work to prevent hazards or

harmful conditions that can make our food

unsafe. By following good agricultural

practices, farmers who grow or produce our

food can prevent pathogens, chemicals or

even objects like rocks from getting into

our food.

www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/

RetailFoodProtection/FoodCode/

Production

Manufacturing &

Processing

Distribution &

Delivery

Food Retailers &

Food Service

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