Contact Info
Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
Preventing Salmonellosis
Minimizing Your Risk
Wash your hands
- Wash hands after using the bathroom and changing diapers, and before handling or eating any food.
- Make sure that persons with diarrhea, especially children, wash their hands carefully and frequently with soap to reduce the risk of spreading the infection.
- Always wash hands after contact with farm animals, pets, animal feces, and animal environments.
- Hand Hygiene
Wash Your Hands!
Keep your food preparation areas clean
- Keep raw meat and poultry separate from produce and other foods when shopping for and storing groceries.
- Wash hands, cutting boards, countertops, cutlery, and utensils after handling uncooked poultry.
- Wash raw fruits and vegetables before eating.
- Cross-Contamination
Food and kitchen tools and surfaces may become contaminated from raw food products.
Avoid unpasteurized foods
- Avoid unpasteurized (raw) milk and foods made from unpasteurized milk
Cook and store your food at the appropriate temperatures
- Do not eat raw or undercooked eggs. Use pasteurized eggs when making items that do not require cooking, such as hollandaise sauce, salad dressing, uncooked pies, or homemade ice cream.
- Thoroughly cook raw meat and poultry to destroy the bacteria. Meat, poultry, and hamburgers should be cooked until they are no longer pink in the middle.
- Storage and Cooking Temperatures
Learn more about storage and cooking temperatures
- Defrost food in the refrigerator, in cold water, or in the microwave. Food should be stored in a refrigerator that is 40°F or cooler or a freezer that is 0°F or cooler.
Be careful when handling animals
- Always wash hands after contact with farm animals, pets, animal feces, and animal environments.
- Minimize contact with animals with a diarrheal illness.
- Do not eat food in areas where animals are present.
- Intestinal Illness Acquired From Animals
More about illnesses and animals:
Use caution when swimming
- Avoid swallowing lake or pool water while swimming.
- Anyone with a diarrheal illness should avoid swimming in public pools or lakes, sharing baths with others, and preparing food for others.
- CDC: Healthy Swimming
CDC; Contains information on recreational waterborne illnesses.
Do you suspect that you have a foodborne or waterborne illness? Visit reporting suspected foodborne/waterborne illnesses.
Last Updated: 10/05/2022