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Healthy Kid Happy Holiday
The most valuable source of statistical data about foodborne illness in the United States is FoodNet, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s national foodborne illness surveillance system. Based on data collected through FoodNet and other sources, the CDC estimates that 48 million Americans are sickened by foodborne illness each year (CDC, 2011), and that children under 15 years of age account for approximately half of all foodborne illness in the U.S. (CDC, 2009). Young children (under five years old) experience the highest rates of foodborne illness. They are more susceptible to foodborne illness than adults for several reasons:
- Children’s immune systems are not yet fully developed so their ability to fight infection is reduced;
- Children have a lower body weight so a smaller dose of a pathogen can make them sick;
- Children have limited control over their diet and related food safety risks.
Parents and caregivers can take many steps to protect children from foodborne illness! We’ve put together this page of resources to ensure you have healthy kids for a happy holiday!
For Parents and Caregivers
#healthykidhappyholiday social media postcard
Food Safety for Children under 5 in English | in Spanish
Fight BAC! Basic Brochure
The Crib Sheet is an 8-page guide to protecting babies and young children from foodborne illness. Developed by The Partnership for Food Safety Education. For childcare information go here.
Crib Sheet English | Crib Sheet Spanish
Crib Sheet – Clean Hands: Handwashing is the single most effective way to prevent the spread of disease.
Crib Sheet – Cleaning and Sanitizing Surfaces: Dangerous germs can live on surfaces for several weeks.
Crib Sheet – Bottles, Formula, Breast Milk: Everything about cleaning and sterilizing bottles and preparing and storing formula.
Crib Sheet – Baby Food: Safely handling, storing and serving foods for your baby.
Crib Sheet – Diapers: Taking care to reduce risk of cross contamination in your home.
Coloring Pages and Posters for Kids – print at home!
Coloring Page – BAC w/ Cookie Dough
Coloring Page – Keep BAC out of holiday turkey
Happy Fingers Happy Hands Song Flyer
Superheroes Handwashing poster (source CDC)
Princess Handwashing poster (source CDC)
Family Handwashing poster (source CDC)
One Trillion Germs poster (source CDC)
More information on children and foodborne illness from the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention.
Safe Holiday Meal Tips and Planning
Handling Ingredients
Delicious holiday meals made from scratch call for extra special care when handling ingredients. Here’s how to handle some of the most popular ingredients safety.
The Kitchen
Having a clean kitchen to create holiday dishes is an important part of a food safe holiday. Get yours holiday ready!
The More the Merrier: Lots of People, Lots of Leftovers
Bacteria love parties! Between food sitting out for too long and more leftovers than you can handle, you have to be extra cautious when handling food for parties.
Brilliant Buffets, Parties and Meals
Planning tips, countdowns, and more–all to help you plan tons of food safe holiday parties and meals.
USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
Have an emergency holiday turkey question? Call the USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline.
Glorious Goodies to Send and Receive
How can you be sure that food survives holiday shipping? It’s all in the planning. Follow these handy tips to make sure what you send and receive is handled properly.
Shopping Tips
Don’t forget to practice food safety when shopping for your feast!
Safety in All Seasons
Spring Food Safety
Spring Clean Your Way to a Safer Kitchen
When you’re shaking off the winter with spring cleaning, it’s a great time to target harmful bacteria that can lurk on kitchen surfaces and even in your refrigerator. Get tips for a safer kitchen this spring.
Egg-stra Care for Spring Celebrations
Like meat, poultry, seafood and produce, eggs are perishable and need to be handled properly to prevent foodborne illness. Find out everything you need to know about egg safety for spring celebrations.
Summer Food Safety
Summer Grilling Graphics
Download easy and shareable graphics to remind consumers what temperatures the most popular grilling meats need to reach to be safe.
Summer Without Salmonella
Cases of foodborne illness spike in the summer. But with these flyers and graphics, we can spread the word about ways to reduce incidence of Salmonella infections.
Seven Super Steps to Safe Food in the Summer
During warm weather, it is especially important to take extra precautions and practice safe food handling when preparing perishable foods such as meat, poultry, seafood and egg products. Here are steps to protect yourself and your family from foodborne illness this summer.
On the Road Again…Traveling and Picnics
When eating outside while traveling or picnicking away from home, it’s important to take along the basic food safety necessities and follow these tips to reduce risk of foodborne illness.
Grill Master
Grilling calls for special food safety steps. Find out methods of grilling safely and being a true Grill Master.
Food Safety on the Move
You need to practice special food safety steps when you hit the road for cookouts and picnics. Read more to find out what you need to do to keep your food safe on the move.
Fall Food Safety
BAC! to School: Packing Lunches
Pack a safe lunch 101! Here are all the steps you need to make sure you’re packing your child a safe lunch every single day.
Have a Winning Football Season
Before the big game even starts, make sure you’re running a good defense against BAC! (foodborne bacteria).
Halloween Food Safety How-To
The scariest monsters you might encounter this Halloween are the ones you can’t see, smell, or taste! They’re germs, and you need to learn to fight them off!
Take-Out Sanity
Proper handling of take-out foods and any leftovers is essential to reducing your family’s risk of foodborne illness.
Winter Food Safety
Thanksgiving
All the holiday food safety resources you need to keep your Thanksgiving feast food safe, from shopping in the grocery store to serving it up on the table.
Safe Holiday Meal Tips & Planning
From handling ingredients to cleaning your kitchen, these food safety resources keep your family safe from food poisoning over the holidays.
Recipes
Get food safe recipes your guests will love!
Kids Activities & Games
Keep your youngest kitchen helpers busy with fun and educational games and activities.
Sweet Treats, Healthy Eats!
“Sweeten Your Holiday with Food Safety”
PFSE Executive Director Britanny Saunier spoke briefly with Jane DeMarchi, President of the North American Millers’ Association, on Facebook Live.
Watch this video to learn about the flour milling process, why flour is considered a raw ingredient, and how you can enjoy baked goods and desserts safely.
‘Tis the season for baking! Sweet treats — cookies, cakes and pies — are delicious traditional goodies for winter holiday celebrations.
According to NCSolutions, household spending on sweet and dessert items and baking supplies were 20% greater in the first two weeks of November than at the same time last year.
Many Americans love baking at home. But not everyone is aware that mishandling raw batter or raw dough can be risky to their families’ health — especially for children! These important tips will help families keep holiday baking traditions safe.
Carefully handle raw baking ingredients
Our favorite holiday cookies and other treats are made from scratch using raw ingredients. Two of these raw ingredients — raw flour and raw eggs — can contain harmful bacteria that can cause foodborne illness. Exposure to heat during the baking process is a necessary step to make sure that foods made with raw flour and raw eggs are safe to eat.
Say no to raw dough! Eating raw dough or batter can be risky — especially for young children who have underdeveloped immune systems, putting them at risk for serious illness from bacteria like Salmonella, E. coli O157:H7, Campylobacter and others.
Always wash hands with soap and water after handling raw ingredients, and uncooked dough and batter.
To keep the holidays bright and happy, pay attention to these simple home handling steps for baking ingredients:
- Raw eggs: To prevent illness from bacteria, keep eggs refrigerated at 40 °F or below until ready to use. Bake desserts containing eggs to a safe internal temperature of 160 °F as measured with a food thermometer. Wash hands with soap and water after handling raw eggs.
- Raw flour: Follow package directions on baking mixes and other flour-containing products for correct cooking temperatures and times. Keep all raw foods, like eggs and flour, separate from ready-to eat foods. Remember, flour is a powder and spreads easily. Wash hands with soap and water after handling raw flour.
Handling these raw ingredients with care will help everyone stay healthy while baking at home.
Prevent cross-contamination while baking
Cross-contamination is how bacteria can be spread from hands and surfaces to your food.
Cut down on cross-contamination of harmful germs with these baking basics:
- When baking at home, wash utensils, appliances and work surfaces with hot water and soap before and after they come in contact with raw dough, raw flour, and eggs or egg-containing foods.
- Wash your hands with soap and water thoroughly after contact with raw dough and raw ingredients, like flour and eggs.
- Your digital device is dirty. Try to keep hands off of your smartphone and tablet while you are cooking or baking. If you touch your device, wash your hands with soap and water.
Remember: Washing hands with soap and water for 20 seconds before and after handling raw ingredients is the best way to reduce the spread of germs that can make you sick.
Baking safely at home
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, you want to make sure that no one in your household gets food poisoning this holiday season. Now is the time to model food safety behavior for your children and grandchildren. Let them know that baked cookies or desserts are well worth the wait!
Download this baking infographic, also available in Spanish language! Following these tips will help keep you and your loved ones healthy while baking at home.
Do you have a favorite family dessert recipe? It’s easy to turn that family favorite into a safe family recipe — and your kids can help! The Safe Recipe Activity teaches kids how to turn a basic recipe into a safe recipe. It’s a fun, educational activity that your entire family will enjoy.
These cookie and dessert recipes already build food safety and hand hygiene prompts into the act of baking. Give these delicious sweets a try at home!
This season will be so much sweeter if we all stay healthy. From the Partnership for Food Safety Education, we wish you a happy and safe baking season!
Shawnte Loeri is the Communications Associate with the Partnership for Food Safety Education. She enjoys baking vegan desserts with her family and friends. Shawnte can be reached at sloeri@fightbac.org.
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