Outdoor Food Safety

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When You Eat Outdoors

• Remember to keep food:
• Clean
• Cool
• Covered
• Safe

Keep it Clean!

• Wash and clean:
• Your hands before starting
• The counter where you get food ready to cook
• The things you use to cook with
• The table where you eat

Keep it Cool!

• Use a cooler with ice.
• Keep your food in the cooler.
• Don’t take the food out until you are ready to eat.

Keep it Covered!

• Keep all food covered.
• Leave the cover on until you are ready to eat.
• This will keep flies and other bugs off the food.

Keep it Safe!

• If you are cooking meat:
  • Cook it all the way through!
  • Use a meat thermometer to check it.
• If you have left over food, put it in the cooler.
• If food looks or smells bad:
  • Do not eat it.
  • Throw it away!

Check out these other Safety Points about Cooking

• Using Your Barbeque the Safe Way
• Home Cooking the Right Way
• When Food Goes Bad
• More About Outdoor Food Safety