But you may be surprised to know they rarely come from eating in restaurants. And, developing a few consistent habits could prevent most illnesses. Before preparing food, always start by washing hands for about twenty seconds and remember to rub in between the fingers. Rather than use a dishtowel that you may have used on the counters, use a paper towel to dry your hands. If you prepare chicken on a cutting board and you are going to prepare lettuce on the same cutting board, it is highly recommended that you wash rinse and sanitize the cutting board, the knife and your hands before you change over to lettuce, said Chirag Bhatt.
Food poisoning is linked to thirty different bacteria from e-coli to salmonella.
After cutting chicken on a plastic board put about one tablespoon of bleach to about a gallon of water and wipe the cutting board clean. The bleach will kill any bacteria left on it. Look for products to clean your counters with some degree of bleach in them. And although you may love your cats, teach them not to climb on your counters. Most bacteria grow in temperatures between 70 and 80 degrees, which is the normal household temperature.