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  1. Preventing Food Poisoning | Food Safety | CDC

    Nov 24, 2025 · To prevent food poisoning, follow the four steps to food safety: Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill. Keep hands and surfaces clean, keep risky foods separate from other foods, cook food …

  2. How to Prevent Contamination in Your Home - Biology Insights

    3 days ago · Eliminating Cross-Contamination in the Home Environment Cross-contamination occurs when pathogens are physically transferred from a contaminated source to a clean one, often in the …

  3. Food Safety Education Month: Preventing Cross-Contamination

    Throughout the month, we’ll be doing a deep dive into what cross-contamination is, how to prevent it, and presenting some eye-opening findings from our recent research.

  4. Strategies to Protect Food from Contamination

    Apr 8, 2025 · Understanding how to protect food from biological, chemical, and physical hazards is essential for ensuring food safety and maintaining public health. These three categories of hazards …

  5. Cross-Contamination: What It Is and How To Avoid It

    Jul 10, 2025 · But there are things you can do to reduce the risk of it happening in your kitchen. Dr. Esper shares some tips to cut down on the risk of cross-contamination.

  6. What Are Some Ways To Prevent Chemical Contamination

    Nov 24, 2025 · Keep food covered to prevent contamination. Reducing chemical use, making your own cleaning products, avoiding fragrance, giving personal care products a makeover, going “BPA-free”, …

  7. Preventing the Spread: A Comprehensive Guide on How to Stop Food ...

    2 days ago · To prevent food contamination from these sources, it is essential to handle and prepare food safely. This includes washing hands thoroughly with soap and water before and after handling …

  8. 4 Steps to Food Safety | FoodSafety.gov

    Sep 18, 2023 · You can help keep your family safe from food poisoning at home by following these four simple steps: clean, separate, cook and, chill. Germs that can make you sick can survive in many …

  9. How to Avoid Cross-Contamination? 5 Ways to Prevent for Food

    Feb 26, 2025 · Proper storage of foods and chemicals is essential to prevent cross-contamination between foods and other substances. Strict food hygiene practices, such as regular hand washing …

  10. Food Contamination - MN Dept. of Health

    Apr 3, 2023 · Food becomes contaminated through a variety of mechanisms. Some things that can contribute to foodborne illness are: Pathogens can be introduced into food from infected humans …