What can you do to protect yourself from Salmonella if you buy baby poultry? These suggestions come from the CDC staff:
- Wash your hands with soap and warm water after handling baby chicks or equipment in the area. Hand sanitizer can be used if no soap and water is available.
- Teach young children to wash their hands properly with soap and water.
- Children younger than 5 should not handle the baby poultry or their equipment (potentially germ contaminated area)
- Keep the baby poultry away from your mouth—do not kiss them or snuggle them.
- Keep the baby poultry outside your home—do not allow them inside your home, or in food preparation or eating areas such as your kitchen or an outside patio.
- Keep your food and drink away from the chick’s living area so your food doesn’t become contaminated with Salmonella.
- Clean chicken cages and equipment outside. Do not bring cages and equipment inside and contaminate your home with the germs.
- Find a better choice of gift for young children than a Salmonella-carrier like baby chicks.
Centers for Disease Control, Peep, Chirp, Quack, http://www.cdc.gov/media/matte/2011/07_salmonellapoultry.pdf
Happy Easter Week. Be safe and healthy.
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