Infographics: Food and Water - Risky vs. Safer
Infographic Description
Risky vs. Safer: Food and Drink Choices while Traveling
Risky choices:
- Uncooked vegetables such as salads and salsa
- Food from street vendors
- Raw or rare meat or fish
- Raw or runny eggs
- Fountain drinks
- Tap or well water
- Flavored ice or ice pops
- Bushmeat (monkeys, bats, or other wild game)
- Ice or drinks (such as juice) made with tap or well water
- Food served at room temperature (avoid buffets where food has been sitting)
Safer choices:
- Fruit and vegetables YOU have washed in clean water or peeled
- Milk and dairy products ONLY if pasteurized
- Food that is cooked and served hot
- Hot coffee or tea
- Water that you know has been disinfected (boiled, filtered, treated)
- Ice made with bottled or disinfected water
- Water, sodas, or sports drinks from a sealed can or bottle (carbonated is safer)
- Page created: February 06, 2014
- Page last updated: January 08, 2018
- Page last reviewed: January 08, 2018
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