Safe Food Handling: What You Need to Know - Healthy People 2030

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Food and Drug Administration

Last Reviewed: March 2017

This fact sheet provides information for consumers on safe food handling to protect against foodborne illnesses. It includes information about the causes and effects of foodborne illnesses and guidance on how to protect against them. Specific guidance includes:

Handling food safely
Cleaning hands and surfaces
Separating raw meats from other foods
Cooking to the right temperature
Using proper refrigeration

Objectives related to this resource (1)

Increase the proportion of people who wash their hands and surfaces often when preparing food — FS‑07

Baseline only

Suggested Citation

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2017). Food facts: safe food handling: what you need to know. Retrieved from https://www.fda.gov/media/91319/download