Food Safety Resources
The Food Safety Program offers resources to both the consumers at home and to industry members, such as restaurants and other food facilities regarding safe food handling, personal hygiene, and emergency preparedness.
Food Handling
- Cooling chart — English(PDF, 334KB)
- Cooling chart — Spanish (Español)(PDF, 1MB)
- Cooling chart — Arabic (عربي)(PDF, 166KB)
- Cooling chart — Simplified Chinese (普通话)(PDF, 138KB)
- Cooling food safely — English(PDF, 4MB)
- Cooling food safely — Spanish (Español)(PDF, 3MB)
- Cooling food safely — Turkish (Türkçe)(PDF, 3MB)
- Cooling food safely — Arabic ( عربي )(PDF, 8MB)
- Cooling food safely — Russian (Русский)(PDF, 3MB)
- Cooling food safely — Simplified Chinese ( 普通话 )(PDF, 3MB)
- Cooling food safely — Nepali ( नेपाली )(PDF, 4MB)
- Guidelines for documenting standard cooling procedures(PDF, 337KB)
- Bacterial growth danger zone (English)(PDF, 619KB)
- Bacterial growth danger zone — Spanish (Español)(PDF, 620KB)
- Know your temps — use a thermometer(PDF, 573KB)
- How to calibrate a thermometer(PDF, 173KB)
- Safe turkey tips
- Consumer advisory for raw/undercooked food FAQ
- Requirements for using time as a public health control
- Donating food safely
- Food storage safety tips poster (English)
- Food storage safety tips poster (Spanish)
- Food storage safety tips poster (Arabic)
- Food storage safety tips poster (simplified Mandarin)
- Food storage safety tips poster (Nepali)
- Cold food storage limits
Hygiene and Foodborne Illness Prevention
- Handwashing and glove use — English(PDF, 527KB)
- Handwashing and glove use — Spanish (Español)(PDF, 664KB)
- Handwashing and glove use — Turkish (Türkçe)(PDF, 674KB)
- Handwashing and glove use — Arabic ( عربي )(PDF, 1MB)
- Handwashing and glove use — Russian (Русский)(PDF, 673KB)
- Handwashing and glove use — Simplified Chinese ( 普通话 )(PDF, 373KB)
- Handwashing and glove use — Nepali ( नेपाली )(PDF, 966KB)
- Employees Must Wash Hands — English(PDF, 596KB)
- Employees Must Wash Hands — Spanish (Español)(PDF, 1MB)
- Employees Must Wash Hands — Turkish (Türkçe)(PDF, 1MB)
- Employees Must Wash Hands — Arabic ( عربي )(PDF, 1MB)
- Employees Must Wash Hands — Russian (Русский)(PDF, 1MB)
- Employees Must Wash Hands — Simplified Chinese ( 普通话 )(PDF, 2MB)
- Employees Must Wash Hands — Nepali ( नेपाली )(PDF, 1MB)
- Using a 3-bowl sink — English(PDF, 225KB)
- Using a 3-bowl sink — Spanish (Español)(PDF, 993KB)
- Using a 3-bowl sink — Turkish (Türkçe)(PDF, 996KB)
- Using a 3-bowl sink — Arabic ( عربي )(PDF, 986KB)
- Using a 3-bowl sink — Russian (Русский)(PDF, 996KB)
- Using a 3-bowl sink — Simplified Chinese ( 普通话 )(PDF, 1MB)
- Using a 3-bowl sink — Nepali ( नेपाली )(PDF, 1MB)
- Proper sink use
- Say "No" to norovirus/norovirus clean-up & disinfection
- ACHD’s “Literary Classics” handwashing signs
Citizen's Access Resources