Play your part in ensuring food safety

Most cases of foodborne diseases occur as a result of mishandling of food during preparations, whether in homes, at parties or in food establishments.

We need to learn about safe food practices to:

• Prevent food contamination.
• Reduce or eliminate contamination that may be present in foodstuff to safe levels.
• Prevent the rapid growth of micro-organisms from causing illness.
• Ensure we do not consume contaminated food.

Everyone can play a part in ensuring food safety by observing simple food safety practices in our daily living. These include:

• Selecting our food carefully.
• Washing and keeping clean.
• Separating raw and cooked food to avoid cross-contamination.
• Cooking food thoroughly.
• Keeping food at a safe temperatures.