Safe Food Handling Practices

Follow Safe Food Handling Practices:

Food safety is a prerequisite for food security and a healthy diet. Only safe food is healthy food. When preparing food for yourself and others, it is important to follow good food hygiene practices to avoid food contamination and foodborne diseases. The key principles of good food hygiene include:

keep your hands, kitchen, and utensils clean

separate raw and cooked food, especially raw meat and fresh produce

cook your food thoroughly

keep your food at safe temperatures, either below 5 °C or above 60 °C; and

use safe water and raw material.

By following these five key recommendations for safer food, you can prevent many common foodborne diseases.

Source: WHO(World Health Organization)