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Increase the proportion of people who use separate cutting boards when preparing food — FS‑08 Data

Status: Baseline only

  Baseline only

Most Recent Data:
88.0 percent (2016)

Target:
91.0 percent

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

Baseline:
88.0 percent of consumers correctly followed the recommendation to properly use cutting boards after cutting raw meat, chicken, and fish in 2016

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Consumers who separate (don’t cross-contaminate) foods during food preparation, 2016 
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2016
Total
88.0