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The document provides information from the USDA about preventing foodborne illness and promoting food safety. It encourages cleaning, separating, cooking and chilling foods properly. It also discusses using food thermometers to ensure foods reach proper temperatures to kill harmful bacteria.

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Mobile Coloring Book

The document provides information from the USDA about preventing foodborne illness and promoting food safety. It encourages cleaning, separating, cooking and chilling foods properly. It also discusses using food thermometers to ensure foods reach proper temperatures to kill harmful bacteria.

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Dear Parents,

Together we have a responsibility to prevent foodborne


illness. The USDA Food Safety Mobile is doing its part by
traveling coast to coast, visiting townsbig and small,
reaching and teaching consumers about the importance of
keeping food safe. Its fun and larger-than-life design shows
BAC!foodborne bacteriabeing chased
by food safety messengers: Clean,
Separate, Cook, and Chill.
The Mobile food safety staff teams with local
educators to promote the four Fight BAC! messages:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Clean: Wash hands and surfaces often.


Separate: Dont cross-contaminate.
Cook: Cook to proper temperatures.
Chill: Refrigerate promptly.

USDAs Food Safety and Inspection Service launched the


Thermy campaign to encourage consumers to use food
thermometers when they cook meat, poultry, or egg
products. Thermys message is: Its Safe To Bite When the
Temperature Is Right! Using a food thermometer is the only way to tell if
your food has reached a high enough temperature to destroy harmful bacteria.
Infants and young children, pregnant women, and older adults are at greatest
risk for foodborne illness, as are all people with weakened immune systems
caused by cancer treatment, AIDS, diabetes, kidney disease, and organ transplants.
This booklet of coloring pages gets children familiar with the four simple
steps to food safety. For more information, check these Web sites with
your children:
www.fsis.usda.gov
www.fsis.usda.gov/thermy
www.fightbac.org
For questions on food safety, contact
the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854),
TTY: 1-800-256-7072, or email:
[email protected].
Note: These coloring pages may be
duplicated for educational purposes.

TM
T
he
Th
errmyyTM

Heres BAC!
He is on the attack.
BAC! is quick.
He can really
make you SICK!
Did you know: You cant see,
smell, or taste bacteria.

But YOU have


the power to

Fig ht BAC!
and keep your
food safe!

Wash your hands for 20 seconds


(sing Happy Birthday 2 times)
Wash with soap and warm water:

before you eat,


after you play with pets,
after you use the bathroom,
and

after you sneeze, cough, or


blow your nose.

Be smart.
Keep foods apart.
Bacteria can spread from
one food to another.
Remind grown-ups to always keep
raw meat, poultry, and seafood
apart from other foods.
Dont let raw juices drip
on other foods. Yuck!
Dont put cooked
foods on a plate
that held raw
meat, poultry,
or seafood.
(Bacteria could
be hiding!)
Always use a
clean plate.

ThermyTM

Keep Cold Food Cold!


In the refrigerator, 40 F or below.
Use an insulated lunch box
or bag to keep food cold
at school. Add a frozen
gel pack or frozen juice
box to keep food cold.
Keep your lunch
in a cool place,
not in the hot sun.

When in Doubt,
Throw it Out!
Remember:
YOU have the power to

Fig ht BAC!

and keep your food safe!

www.fsis.usda.gov

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its


programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex,
religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or
family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program
information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDAs
TARGET Center at 202-720-2600 (voice and TDD).
To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil
Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20250-9410 or call 202-720-5964 (voice or TDD). USDA is an
equal opportunity provider and employer.
February, 2007

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