World Health Organization Five Keys to Safer Food campaign emphasizes which of the following practices?

• A. Keep clean, separate raw and cooked, cook thoroughly.
• B. Never use raw, always cook, buy better.
• C. Wash, cut, cook, and throw away.
• D. Wash, cover, and always refrigerate.

Answer: (A)

The main idea is preventing foodborne illness through proper food handling and hygiene. The WHO Five Keys focus on actions that reduce the risk of contamination and kill pathogens: keep things clean, separate raw from cooked foods to prevent cross‑contamination, and cook foods thoroughly so any harmful organisms are destroyed. This combination targets the most immediate and controllable steps you can take in everyday cooking to make food safer.

Among the options, keeping clean, separating raw and cooked, and cooking thoroughly best aligns with those core actions. Cleanliness reduces the introduction of germs, separation prevents raw juices from contaminating ready-to-eat foods, and thorough cooking ensures pathogens are killed. The other choices mix concepts that aren’t central to the campaign’s three most foundational practices or include ideas not emphasized by the five keys, making them less representative of the main guidance.