Consumer Food Safety

While our food supply is among the safest in the world, each year an estimated 76 million Americans still contract foodborne illness and some -- mostly the very young, elderly, and the chronically ill - die as a result. Foodborne illness is nearly 100% preventable if safe food handling practices are applied from the time food is purchased until the time it is served.

This section will soon include resources to help food safety educators and consumers understand the how's and why's of safe food handling.