The Food Standards Agency GermWatch campaign highlights food safety at home and promotes the 4 Cs - cleaning, cooking, chilling and cross-contamination.
Remember these simple facts and you could keep yourself and your family safe from food poisoning.
Cleaning
Killer Fact: Harmful germs spread more easily on damp hands. Keep you and your family safe by drying washed hands thoroughly.
Find out more about cleaning in this section.
Cooking
Killer Fact: Food poisoning cases double during the summer months. Cook your burgers and sausages until there is no pink meat left and they are piping hot throughout.
Find out more about cooking in this section.
Chilling
Killer Fact: Outside the fridge, just 10 invisible germs can multiply to 1000 in 6 hours. Keep your family's food in a cool bag or cool box when you're eating outside.
Find out more about chilling in this section.
Cross-contamination
Killer Fact: Salmonella can easily be spread around your kitchen. Help protect your family by keeping raw meat and poultry in covered containers at the bottom of the fridge.
Find out more about cross-contamination in this section.
