HEALTHY
MARKETS
Be food safe at the live animal market
No food or drink in animal areas.
Carry
Stay healthy
Clean
Do not enter animal areas if you are:
- younger than 5, or 65 years or older
- pregnant
- have a chronic health condition
Wash your hands
before and after
visiting animals.
Carry raw meat or poultry
home in appropriate containers
(like bags or clean coolers).
Be food safe at the home
Chill
Keep raw meat
and polutry cold
until you are ready to cook it.
Freeze raw meat and poultry
if you are not planning
to cook it in 3 days.
Separate Clean
Keep raw meat and poultry
away from food that
won’t be cooked.
A message form the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health
www.mda.state.mn.us www.health.state.mn.us
Wash hands, utensils,
and cutting boards
before and after contact
with raw meat or poultry.