Don’t serve up viruses! Give the gift of healthy eating with the Health Unit

Holiday meals will be hitting tables across Lanark and Leeds in the coming days and that means being safe when preparing food, for health’s sake.

Our Medical Officer of Health Dr. Linna Li says if you’re not careful you (or your guests) can get quite ill.

The best piece of advice is to make sure you know what you’re doing when cooking something like a Turkey. Check the temperatures to make sure its safe.

The health unit has a page on their site devoted to food safety, you can tap this text block to be brought to it.

It has quite a few tips and guidelines, like this one from Public Health Inspector Sarah Burris.

Dr. Li adds, make sure all utensils used are cleaned often, and same goes for hard surfaces. Clean them after each point of prep to help stay healthy.