Why wash your hands?
A major cause of foodborne illness is the lack of proper handwashing.
Soiled hands will contaminate food. The germs that cause illness are too small to see. Your hands may look clean, however, there could be millions of bacteria and other germs on them. For this reason, you need to wash your hands frequently.
What to do?
|Wet your hands with warm water.||Apply soap and wash your hands for 20 seconds.||Rinse, then dry with a single-use paper towel.||Use the paper towel to shut off the water.|