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Safety Tips for handling and preparing common foods Prevent Food
Poisoning!

Type of FOOD AVOID Better CHOICE

Meat or poultry cooked to a safe
MEAT & POULTRY Raw or undercooked meat or
poultry
internal temperature. Use a food
thermometer to check
https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/mintemp.html

• Seafood cooked to 145°F

SEAFOOD Raw or undercooked fish,
shellfish, or food containing raw • Canned fish and seafood
or undercooked seafood, such as • Refrigerated smoked seafood in a
sashimi, some sushi, and ceviche. cooked dish, such as a casserole

DAIRY Unpasteurized (raw) milk Pasteurized milk

Use pasteurized eggs and egg

EGGS Foods that contain raw or
undercooked eggs, such as:
products when preparing
recipes that call for raw or
• Homemade Caesar salad dressing undercooked eggs.
• Raw cookie dough
• Eggnog

SPROUTS Raw or undercooked sprouts, such

as alfalfa, bean, or any other sprout
• Cooked sprouts
• No sprouts

Unwashed fresh vegetables, • Washed fresh vegetables,

VEGETABLES including lettuce and salads including salads
• Cooked vegetables

• Soft cheeses that are clearly

CHEESE Soft cheeses made from labeled “made from pasteurized
unpasteurized (raw) milk, such as milk”
queso fresco, blue-veined, feta, • Processed cheeses, cream cheese,
Brie, Camembert mozzarella, hard cheeses

Accessible version: http://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/communication/foods-safety-tips.html CS296105-A

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