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The Kitchen Sink: An Overlooked Place for Food Safety

October 03, 2023 Meredith Carothers, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA

We use the kitchen sink for food preparation – rinsing produce, cleaning pots and pans, washing utensils that touch raw meat, and more. With these activities come the possibility for foodborne illness-causing bacteria to hang out in the sink too. If proper food preparation safety steps are not...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety