Instructions: The U.S. Department of Agriculture Meat and Poultry Hotline offers guidelines for food safety at back-to-school time. The object is to make sure that childrens lunch boxes pack delicious eatables that are also supersafe.

The most basic advice bears repeating:
Keep everything clean when making and packing school lunches.

Other pointers include:
. Dont leave perishable foods at room temperature for more than two hours.

. Keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold.

. School lunches can safely be made ahead of time and kept cold either in the home refrigerator or freezer.

. An insulated lunch bag is preferred, but double-bagged paper bags can also be used.

. Hot foods, such as soup, chili or stew, should be kept piping hot in an insulated container.

. Include a cold source, a freezer gel pack or a frozen juice box, in the insulated lunch box or paper bag.

. Put perishable meat, including deli meats, poultry or egg sandwiches, right next to the cold source.

. No leftovers! Tell children that if they dont finish a sandwich at lunch, throw it out.

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