Since cats often use gardens as litter boxes, wear gloves when gardening and when you are
washing raw vegetables and fruits, handling raw meat or scrubbing food prep surfaces.
Not exact matches
Cut up
raw vegetables or
wash salad greens.
But when it comes to serving
raw foods, such as the
vegetables in a garden salad, neutralizing germs with heat is not an option and
washing the greens doesn't reliably disinfect.
To prevent the spread of bacteria,
wash hands for 20 seconds with warm water and soap before and after preparing fresh produce;
wash fruits and
vegetables under running water just before eating, cutting, or cooking (even if you plan to peel them before eating); and keep fruits and
vegetables that will be eaten
raw separate from other foods.
To avoid the infection called Toxoplasmosis, make sure to
wash your hands with soap, especially after touching soil, sand, unwashed
vegetables and
raw meat.
Buy organic
vegetables if possible since they will be consumed
raw, and
wash thoroughly with apple cider vinegar to kill bacteria and germs.
Recommendations include: keep your cat indoors; always cover its litter box when not in use; change the cat's litter daily (T. gondii does not become infectious until 1 to 5 days after it is shed in feces); avoid feeding cats
raw or undercooked meat;
wash your hands after gardening; and
wash fruits and
vegetables from the garden.
Cook meats well,
wash your hands after handling
raw meats and
wash vegetables (or preferably... don't eat meat!).
Foods that travelers should avoid include dairy products,
raw vegetables and fruits that are not properly
washed,
raw or improperly cooked meat and fish, foods that are sold by street vendors, buffet foods, and cold meat platters.
Eat
raw fruits and
vegetables only if you have
washed them carefully in clean water or peeled them