To name ways germs get into foods and practice safe food handling rules. To name hot, cold, and room temperatures as safe or unsafe for food, at home, at the store, and eating out. To name protein foods and safe food handling rules. To look for places to store foods safely. Return to Table of Contents Temperatures Germs are both good and bad.
Some good germs live in the gastrointestinal tract of the body to help make vitamins.
Good germs are also used to make some foods, such as pickles. Bad germs that make you sick are carried by dirt. Some bad germs eat sugar and decay teeth. Most germs need food, moisture, and warm temperatures to grow. Boiling temperatures kill most germs.