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Cooking your foods to a safe minimal internal temperature helps prevent food borne illnesses and removes harmful pathogens from your food. Use a thermometer and this temperature chart below to make sure you have cooked your foods thoroughly.
It is important to separate foods to prevent cross-contamination. If raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs are not handled properly, harmful bacteria can spread to other foods and throughout the kitchen.
Can you find the 5 food safety mistakes? Visit FightBac to learn about how to keep your food safe. They have fun games, guides, coloring place mats, and more. Join the Scrub Club and learn how about proper handwashing with fun songs and stories.
Potter, Potter the Healthy Otter Potter the Otter's Market Adventure Potter the Otter: A Tale About Water Please visit University of Nevada, Reno Extension for videos, songs, and activities for Preschool students.
"What Fruit is It? Game" by Maple Leaf Learning "What Vegetable is It? Game" by Maple Leaf Learning Make fruit and vegetable flashcards. Print out various photos of fruits and vegetables and attach them to index cards. Pretend farmer's market. Transform your play kitchen into a local farmers market.
Refrigerating perishable foods is important, because cold temperatures slow the growth of harmful bacteria. Keep your refrigerator temperature at 40 degrees Fahrenheit or below to reduce the risk of food borne illnesses. Your freezer temperature should be 0 degrees Fahrenheit or below.
Picky eating is typical for many preschoolers. Its simply another step in the process of growing up and becoming independent. As long as your preschooler is healthy, growing normally, and has plenty of energy, he or she is most likely getting the nutrients he or she needs.
