USDA’S Meat and Poultry Hotline Presents the Top 10 Reasons to Handle Your Food Safely

We all love top 10’s. We thought you’d enjoy getting the Top 10 reason presented by the USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline.  Here you go: “The Top 10 Reasons to Handle Your Food Safely.”

NUMBER 10: Safe food handling practices are the ones most likely to preserve food’s peak quality.

NUMBER 9: Safe food handling lets you enjoy to the fullest the nutritional benefits of food.

NUMBER 8: The safest ways to handle food are usually the most efficient.

NUMBER 7: Safe food handling is easy. You set a good example for others, including your children.

NUMBER 6: Safe food handling inspires confidence and keeps peace in the family.

NUMBER 5: Safe food handling can enhance your standing in the community.

NUMBER 4: Safe food handling is the responsible thing to do.

NUMBER 3: Safe food handling saves money.

NUMBER 2: By handling food safely, you will spare yourself and your family from a painful bout of illness.

NUMBER 1 REASON TO HANDLE YOUR FOOD SAFELY: It may save a life.