Disinfect For Health

• Listeria Outbreak in Jensen Farms Cantaloupes: Lessons Learned

Bacterial contamination recently turned a nutritious, beta-carotene-rich melon into an agent of foodborne illness for some unfortunate consumers.

• The Jensen Farms Cantaloupe Outbreak: How to Avoid Repeating a Tragedy

Last summer a family-owned farm in Colorado became the focal point of the largest foodborne illness outbreak in the US in 25 years.

• Re-estimating Foodborne Illness Rates

The CDC has updated and improved the accuracy of its estimates of the prevalence of foodborne illness in the United States.

• My Holiday Kitchen

Kitchens can harbor germs that ruin holidays. Stay vigilant about a few critical measures using the 4 C’s.

• Thanksgiving: Full Stomachs, Happy Memories, No Foodborne Illness

Practicing good kitchen hygiene is not very complicated, but it sure is important in keeping holiday memories good ones.

• Water Quality & Health Council Holiday Food Safety Survey

A survey of 1,000 Americans explored consumer knowledge and attitudes about household kitchen cleanliness and risks of foodborne illness around the holidays.

• Take the Holiday Food Safety Survey

Would your kitchen pass a food safety inspection? Do you know how to disinfect food contact surfaces? The Water Quality & Health Council invites you to take its Holiday Food Safety Survey to see how your answers compare to those submitted by 1,000 Americans.

• Holiday Food Safety Tips

The Water Quality & Health Council offers guidelines for safe food handling.

• Degrees of Clean: Consumer Cleaning Products Defined

Consumer cleaning products are not created equally nor for the same purpose.  This article distinguishes among soaps, detergents, cleansers, disinfectants, sanitizers and sterilizers.

• “Deal Kitchen Germs A 1-2 Punch Magnet

Food safety starts at home – This fun, 3″x5″ refrigerator magnet displays simple directions for disinfecting food contact surfaces

Safe Food Depends on a Clean Kitchen (restaurant/institutional kitchen food safety posters)

Two downloadable posters provide simple disinfection directions for workers in restaurant and institutional kitchens. Simple, stepwise directions for disinfecting food “prep” and sink bay areas are provided. English and Spanish language posters are available in both.

Disinfecting the PREP AREA poster

8.5″x11″ color	11″x17″ color	8.5″x11″ black & white	11″x17″ black & white
English	English	English	English
Spanish	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish

Disinfecting the SINK BAY poster

8.5″x11″ color	11″x17″ color	8.5″x11″ black & white	11″x17″ black & white
English	English	English	English
Spanish	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish