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<p style="margin:1 5; ">With Summer<font size="2"> it is important to keep food
safety in mind, especially with the increase in hot temperatures. In order
to maintain a healthy lifestyle, it is important to incorporate fresh fruits and
vegetables into your diet. The Food and Drug Administration is advising
consumers to be aware of safe handling and preparation practices for fresh
fruits and vegetables. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
reported that the occurrence of food born disease increases during the summer
months for all foods, including fresh produce.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:1 5; "><font size="2">Food born illness can
cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly
people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons with food born
illness can experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:1 5; "><font size="2">Following are some
steps that consumers can take to reduce the risk of food born illness from fresh
produce:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:1 5; "><font face="Verdana" size="2">At
home, chill and refrigerate foods. After purchase, put produce that needs
refrigeration away promptly. (Fresh whole produce such as bananas and potatoes
do not need refrigeration.) Fresh produce should be refrigerated within two
hours of peeling or cutting. Leftover cut produce should be discarded if left
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<p style="margin:1 5; "><font face="Verdana" size="2">Wash
hands often. Hands should be washed with hot soapy water before and after
handling fresh produce, or raw meat, poultry, or seafood, as well as after
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all fresh fruits and vegetables with cool tap water immediately before eating.
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surfaces often. Cutting boards, dishes, utensils, and counter tops should be
washed with hot soapy water and sanitized after coming in contact with fresh
produce, or raw meat, poultry, or seafood. Sanitize after use with a solution
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<p style="margin:1 5; "><font face="Verdana" size="2">Don't
cross contaminate. Use clean cutting boards and utensils when handling fresh
produce. If possible, use one clean cutting board for fresh produce and a
separate one for raw meat, poultry, and seafood. During food preparation, wash
cutting boards, utensils or dishes that have come into contact with fresh
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<p style="margin:1 5; ">Following these steps will help
reduce the risk of food born illness from fresh produce. For more helpful
information on this topic you can check out the Department of Food and Drug
Administrations web site at:
<a href="http://www.fda.gov/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; text-underline: single; font-weight:700">
http://www.fda.gov/</a> or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web
site at: <b>
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http://www.cdc.gov/</a>.</b></p>
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