Food Safety Week 2008

This year National Food Safety Week is from Monday 9 June to Friday 13 June 2008.

The focus is on raising awareness of the 4 Cs of food safety - cleaning, cooking, chilling and cross-contamination.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has a five-year strategy to promote the safe handling of food in the home using 4 Cs food hygiene messages. 2008 is the second year that the FSA has been the lead partner in National Food Safety Week.

GermWatch Campaign

This year's Food Safety Week launches the FSA's latest food hygiene campaign GermWatch and its star character Grubeye. Find out more in our GermWatch section - go to Related Pages.

You can download or order colourful posters, leaflets and other GermWatch publicity materials throughout the year and view the GermWatch TV adverts online.

Key Messages

Key messages for this year's Food Safety Week are:

• Cook your burgers and sausages until there is no pink meat and they are piping hot throughout.

• You can help protect your family by washing your hands before preparing food.

• Help protect your family by keeping raw meat and poultry in covered containers at the bottom of the fridge.

• Never use the same chopping board for raw and ready-to-eat foods.