Wash your hands!

(Image courtesy of the Food and Drink Federation)

Food poisoning affects more than 5 million people in the Uk every year. Hand washing is the most important way of preventing the spread of germs. Bacteria can multiply from 1 to 1 million in just seven hours, so before you start eating or preparing food, make sure you wash your hands with soap. 

Hands must be washed especially:

• Before handling food
• After contact with blood or body fluids
• After using the toilet
• Before and after changing babies’ nappies
• Before and after dressing wounds

Shock survey results!

A recent survey by the Food and Drink Federation found that:

• 26% of men and 17% of women say they do not always wash their hands before preparing food
• 31% of men and 17% of women say they do not regularly wash their hands after using the toilet

Contact us:

Tel: 020 7525 2000
Fax: 020 7525 3077
food@southwark.gov.uk
Food Team,
The Chaplin Centre,
Thurlow Street,
London SE17 2DG