The document discusses safe food handling and provides rules for safely handling food such as always washing hands before preparing food, washing all surfaces that food will touch, keeping perishable foods refrigerated, and that improper food handling could lead to sickness from bacteria.

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Safe Food Handling
Rules for Safely Handling Food:
a) Always wash your hands
before handling or
preparing foods
b) Wash all surfaces where
food will be prepared
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Rules for Safely Handling Food:
c) Wash all cooking surfaces
and utensils
d) Always rinse food that will
be eaten raw
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Rules for Safely Handling Food:
e) Perishable foods must be
kept refrigerated until
prepared or served
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Safe food handling is important because …
We could get sick from
Bacteria if food is not
handled properly
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