For good food hygiene at home, effective cleaning removes bacteria on hands, equipment and surfaces, helping to stop harmful bacteria from spreading onto food.
Food safety in the kitchen
Knowing how to prepare and cook food helps keep the food you and your family eat safe. These simple tips will help make sure the food you cook and eat won’t do you any harm

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Food safety isn't just about eating out, it's about keeping you and your family safe in the home too.

Chilling
Your fridge is a weapon in the battle against germs, but it must be used effectively. Find out what to do with your fridge to slow bacteria growth.

Cooking
You can avoid getting food poisoning by cooking your food carefully, following cooking instructions and cooking food for the correct length of time and temperature. Get more tips to ensure bacteria in food is killed.

Cross-contamination
Cross-contamination is the spread of bacteria around your kitchen, from food to surfaces and from surfaces to food. Here are some tips to avoid cross-contamination in the kitchen and keep you and your family safe.

Food storage
Storing food safely helps to reduce food waste and keep you and your household safe from food poisoning. Also storing food correctly will help to reduce food waste and cut costs.

Power cuts
If you have a power cut in your home for longer than four hours, it's important that you make sure the food in your home is stored safely so that it's safe to eat. Find out what to do if that happens to you.


Parties and events
Hosting a party or having an event? Get more specific food safety advice for things like parties and events to keep guests free from food poisoning.
Food safety at parties and events
Raw pet food
Following good food safety when preparing and handling raw pet food is important too.
Handling raw pet foodAre you guilty of a kitchen crime?
We often risk food poisoning without realising it, like undercooking food or ignoring use-by dates. We’ve identified 20 ways you can clean up your act and reduce the risk of illness in the home.
Find out if you're committing any of the 20 'kitchen crimes' with our quiz.

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