Healthy, Thrifty Meals


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KEEP YOUR FAMILY’S FOOD SAFE  
Clean—wash hands and surfaces often:  
• Never place cooked food on a plate or cutting  
board that previously held raw meat, chicken,  
turkey, or seafood.  
Always wash hands with soap and warm running  
water before handling food.  
Always wash cutting boards, knives, utensils,  
dishes, and countertops used to cut meat with  
soapy, hot water right away—before you use them  
for other foods.  
Consider using paper towels to clean up kitchen  
surfaces. If you use cloth towels, dishcloths, or  
sponges, wash them often, and every time they  
have touched raw meat, poultry, or seafood juices.  
Use hot soapy water or the hot water cycle of the  
washing machine.  
Cook—cook to proper temperatures:  
Use a food thermometer to make sure meats,  
chicken, turkey, fish, and casseroles are cooked to  
a safe internal temperature.  
Cook roasts and steaks to at least 145° F.  
Cook ground meat to at least 160° F.  
Cook whole chicken or turkey to 180° F.  
Cook eggs until the yolk and white are firm, not  
runny. Don’t use recipes in which eggs remain raw  
or only partially cooked.  
Separate—don’t cross contaminate:  
• Cook fish until it flakes easily with a fork.  
Store raw meat, chicken, turkey, and seafood in  
a sealed, wrapped container in the refrigerator.  
Keep raw meat, chicken, turkey, and seafood away  
from foods that will not be cooked and foods that  
are already cooked.  
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