To maintain you and your family sa...

To maintain you and your family safe and healthy, here are any tips on handing meat carefully to obstruct the spread of harmful bacteria like E coli and salmonella.

* Make indisputable meat is cold when it's purchased, and place the unopened package of meat in a plastic bag to obstruct juices from dripping onto other foods

* retain raw meat away from colored food and produce, and thoroughly wash all utensils and cutting boards used in meat preparation.

* Store uncook meat at temperatures of 38 [degrees]F or les and detain frozen meat in the coldest portion of the freezer -- all the way to the back.

* Defrost meat in the refrigerator, at no time at room temperature.

* garble meat to an internal temperate of at least 180 [degrees]F to demolish harmful bacteria -- rare rare isn't a safe option.

* Refrigerate leftover falsifyed meat immediately to prevent bacterial contamination and separate large portions into smaller portions. Use tamper withed meat stored in the refrigerator within three days, and reheat it by means of covering and heating to 165 [degrees]F or until burning and steaming throughout.

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