Social Media Messages

Help increase awareness in your community about food safety and cross-contamination by sharing messages through your social media channels. Below are sample Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram messages that support Food Safety Education Month.

Facebook

• Use one cutting board for meats and use a different one for produce and other food that won’t be cooked. If you cut ready-to-eat food on the same cutting board as raw meat, you could get sick from the germs. Get more tips during Food Safety Education Month: https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/education-month.html
• To help prevent food poisoning, wash your hands after handling raw meat, poultry, seafood, flour, and eggs. These items could have germs that can make you sick. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/keep-food-safe.html#clean

Twitter

• Raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs can transfer germs to other food in your refrigerator. Keep them #separate so you don’t #crosscontaminate. Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/keep-food-safe.html#separate #FSEM2022 #FSEM
• Prevent food poisoning from #crosscontamination: don’t put your cooked meat back on the same plate that held raw meat. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/keep-food-safe.html#separate #FSEM2022 #FSEM
• You should not wash raw chicken. During washing, chicken juices can spread in the kitchen and contaminate other food, utensils, and countertops. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/chicken.html #FSEM2022 #FSEM

Instagram

• At the grocery store, make sure to keep raw meat, poultry, and seafood away from fresh produce and other food to avoid spreading harmful germs. Learn more at the link in bio. #FSEM2022 #CDC #PublicHealth (link: https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/education-month.html)
• Germs from raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs can get on your utensils, cutting boards, and countertops while cooking. Learn more about #crosscontamination at the link in bio. #FSEM2022 #CDC #PublicHealth (link: https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/education-month.html)