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Fight BAC!
By Partnership for Food Safety Education (nonprofit). Visit Fight BAC!
Desk research from the maker's own pages. Not yet tried by us. Checked 2026-10-24.
A food-safety education site built around four habits: clean, separate, cook and chill. For kids it has printable coloring pages and placemats in English and Spanish, word searches and crosswords for grades 3 and up, kid recipes, free school curricula from kindergarten to high school, and a link to the Scrub Club handwashing site. Parents also get guides on keeping babies and toddlers safe from food poisoning and on safe recipe writing.
Our take: A solid free pick for teachers and parents teaching kids to cook safely; kids wanting a game will find only a little here.
Checked in a browser
A browser check on 2026-10-25: what loads, the ads and trackers we saw, and what a child meets first. Not a hands-on test.
| Child safety: 4 out of 5 | No ads or chat; a newsletter sign-up box and links out to Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and other social sites. |
|---|---|
| Data: 3 out of 5 | No ad networks, but Microsoft Clarity (session recording), Bing's tracking tag and Google Analytics all loaded before any consent. |
| Ease: 2 out of 5 | A newsletter sign-up form fills the first phone screen and the home page speaks to educators and industry, so a child would need an adult to find the coloring pages. |
| Cost honesty: 5 out of 5 | Free; nothing to buy or upgrade was seen. |
What we found
- The first visit contacted 21 third-party hosts on 11 sites and set 14 cookies, including Bing (MUID) and Clarity cookies.
- Microsoft Clarity, Bing and Google Analytics (its stats.g.doubleclick.net endpoint) fired with no consent banner shown.
- A MailerLite pop-up asking for a name and email covered most of the first screen.
- The home page is written for adults ("We advance food safety"); the kids' activities are not visible on the first screen.
From the test: A free food-safety site with no ads, but it is written for grown-ups and loads three trackers on the first visit.
| Ages it suits | K-12, plus parents of babies |
|---|---|
| What its terms say about age | Not stated in the terms of service; there are no kid accounts. (terms) |
| Price | Free. All resources free (Oct 2026). |
| Works on | Web |
| Account | No account needed |
| Ads | None |
| In-app purchases | None |
| The AI in it | No AI |
What's good
- Clear, practical kitchen-safety lessons for kids
- Free curricula for every grade band
- English and Spanish printables
- Backed by a nonprofit working with US food-safety agencies
Watch for
- Mostly printables and PDFs, few interactive pieces
- Funded by corporate partners and foundations, not routine federal money
- Newsletter sign-up form asks for name, ZIP and email
Data and privacy
The privacy policy says the general website does not use cookies (the donation site may), that it logs basic visit data such as pages viewed, and that it does not sell or rent its email lists. Read the privacy policy.
Does it work?
No independent study of the materials found; the group works with the CDC, USDA and FDA as federal liaisons and offers an evaluation toolkit for educators.
In the Big Index
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Kids Cook Real Food
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Kids Eat in Color
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Outschool cooking classes
Outschool, Inc. · ages about 9-18 for the cooking listings we saw (Outschool overall covers 3-18)
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Paprika Recipe Manager
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Raddish Kids
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Where these facts come from
- https://fightbac.org/
- https://fightbac.org/kidsfoodsafety/kids-games-and-activities/
- https://fightbac.org/kids/
- https://fightbac.org/about-us/who-is-involved-partners/
- https://fightbac.org/privacy-policy/
- https://fightbac.org/terms-of-service/
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