Lowered immunity

Food type

Safe action

Precautions to take

• cook thoroughly
• thaw in refrigerator or microwave and cook immediately

• refrigerate leftover cooked chicken immediately – don’t let it cool on the benchtop
• eat within 24 hours; reheat until steaming hot
• don’t refreeze raw chicken after defrosting
• don’t buy ready-to-eat chicken

• cook thoroughly
• thaw in refrigerator or microwave

• refrigerate leftover cooked meat immediately – don’t let it cool on the benchtop
• eat within 24 hours; reheat until steaming hot
• don’t refreeze raw meat after defrosting

• cook thoroughly
• buy fresh seafood

• refrigerate leftover seafood immediately, and eat within 24 hours
• avoid raw seafood (e.g. oysters, sushi) and ready-to-eat peeled prawns
• don’t buy ready-to-eat smoked seafood

• store homecooked cold meats in fridge

• avoid ready-to-eat cold meats from the deli counter and packaged, sliced ready-to-eat cold meats

• eat freshly made

• avoid pre-made sandwiches

• wash thoroughly before preparing

• refrigerate leftovers immediately, and eat within 24 hours
• avoid ready-to-eat or pre-packaged deli salads (including pre-cut fruit salads and roast vegetables)
• pick unblemished fruit and vegetables

• keep uncracked, clean eggs in fridge
• cook until yolks and whites are solid

• avoid cracked, dirty and raw eggs
• avoid food containing raw eggs (e.g. homemade mayonnaise, raw cake mix and biscuit dough)

• eat hard or processed cheese
• store cheese and pasteurised dairy products in fridge

• avoid soft, semisoft and surfaceripened cheeses (e.g. camembert, brie, ricotta, feta, blue)
• avoid unpasteurised dairy products

• eat within use-by dates

• store unused perishable food in fridge in clean, sealed containers, and use within 24 hours of opening

• keep frozen

• avoid soft serve ice-cream