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About Food Safety

  • Foodborne germs can lead to illness, hospitalization, and death.
  • Follow key steps to prevent food poisoning - clean, separate, cook, and chill.

CDC estimates that each year 48 million people get sick from a foodborne illness, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die.

Top 5 foodborne germs causing illness

  1. Norovirus

     

  2. Salmonella (non-typhoidal)

     

  3. Clostridium perfringens

     

  4. Campylobacter

     

  5. Staphylococcus aureus

Top 5 foodborne germs causing hospitalizations

  1. Salmonella (non-typhoidal)
  2. Norovirus
  3. Campylobacter
  4. Toxoplasma gondii
  5. E. coli O157

Top 5 foodborne germs causing deaths

  1. Salmonella (non-typhoidal)
  2. Toxoplasma gondii
  3. Listeria monocytogenes
  4. Norovirus
  5. Campylobacter

Prevention

Following four simple steps can help prevent food poisoning:

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  2. Separateface="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"⬅️➡️
  3. Cook face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"🌡️
  4. Chill face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"❄️

Resources

CDC Food Safety 

CDC Foodborne Outbreaks

 

Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

24/7 Emergency Contact Number: 1-888-295-5156

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