Remember your four steps to food safety: Clean, Separate, Cook, and Chill when prepping food for game day!
• Clean: Wash hands for 20 seconds before and after handling raw meat and poultry. Clean hands, surfaces and utensils with soap and warm water before cooking and after contact with raw meat and poultry. After cleaning surfaces that raw meat and poultry has touched, apply a commercial or homemade sanitizing solution (1 tablespoon of liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of water). Use hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol.
• Separate: Use separate cutting boards, plates and utensils to avoid cross-contamination between raw meat or poultry and foods that are ready-to-eat.
• Cook: Confirm foods are cooked to a safe internal temperature by using a food thermometer.
• Chill: Chill foods promptly if not consuming immediately after cooking. Do not leave food at room temperature for longer than two hours.
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