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Related topics: Food Safety/Language Translation

These resources have been meticulously translated by a team of experienced food safety professionals. While AFDO has made every effort to ensure the quality of the translations, we cannot guarantee their absolute accuracy. For any specific inquiries or clarifications regarding the content, please consult the respective departments listed alongside each resource. This approach allows for direct communication with the relevant experts who can provide the most up-to-date and precise information.

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Food Signs and Fact Sheets

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Food Safety

Learn About Food Safety, handwashing, cross-contamination, cooking, and refrigeration [Version English] [Chinese (Simplified)] [Chinese (Traditional)] [Tagalog/Filipino] [French] [German] [Greek] [Italian] [Japanese] [Korean] [Latin] [Spanish] [Vietnamese]
Contact: Louisiana Department of Health

Food Signs and Fact Sheets

Common Phrases – Let Your Fingers do the Talking [In 4 languages – English, Chinese, Korean, and Spanish]
Contact: Anchorage Health Department
Food Signs and Fact Sheets [In 5 languages – English, Spanish, Korean, Chinese (Mandarin), Amharic]
Contact: DC Department of Health
POSTER: Five Keys to Safer Food [In 88 languages]
Contact: World Health Organization
Wash Your Hands – [In 24 languages – Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Burmese, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Nepali, Ojibwe, Oromo, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Tibetan, and Vietnamese]
Contact: Minnesota Department of Health

General

Language Identification Tool [In 39 languages]
Contact: New York Department of Public Service
Retail Food Protection Industry Educational Materials [In 9 languages – English, Hindi, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Arabic]
Contact: U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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