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Separate raw meat, poultry, and seafood from ready-to-eat foods.
Use one cutting board for raw meat, poultry, and seafood and another one for fresh vegetables and fruits.
Place cooked food on a clean plate. Don’t use a plate that had raw or uncooked food on it, especially raw meat, poultry, or seafood.
Make sure food is safely cooked.
You can’t tell if meat, poultry, and eggs are cooked just by looking at them.
The only way to be sure food is cooked safely is to use a food thermometer. A food thermometer will check the temperature inside the food to make sure the food is safe to eat.
