The document provides safety tips for using the kitchen and appliances. It advises getting permission from an adult before using the stove, oven or microwave and turning pot handles inward on the stove. It also recommends wearing oven mitts to handle hot items, being careful of steam from microwaves, keeping clothes away from burners, and always getting permission and help from an adult for any kitchen work.

1. Fight bacteria
Food doesn’t have to look or smell bad to
make you ill. To keep your food safe and
yourself from becoming ill, follow the steps
outlined and remember when in doubt, throw
it out!

3. Kitchen Safety
General Rules
• Be sure a responsible adult knows what you plan to cook
and which kitchen tools you will use.
•
Learn fire safety rules for the home.
• To avoid the risk of burns and fires, use the stove and
oven as little as possible.
• Clean up after yourself. Turn off all appliances before
you leave the kitchen.

4. Stoves and Ovens
 Get an adult’s permission
to use the stove or oven
 Keep clothing away from burners.
Avoid clothes with sleeves or laces
that hang down; they could catch
fire.

5.  Keep pot handles turned
in toward the center of the
stove.
Use an oven mitt to handle hot
trays or metal pot handles. A
mitt covers your whole hand.

6. Microwaves
 Be careful when you take
food out of a microwave.
Even if the container isn’t
hot, steam can burn you.

8. Appliance
and
Kitchen
Tools
Never
turn an
appliance off or
on
while
your
hands
are wet.
Kitchen
knives are
sharp and
dangerous
use them
only with an
adult’s
permission.
Check
with an
adult to
find out
which
appliances you
are
allowed
to use.