Outdoor prevention

Barbecue, mosquitoes, ticks: practical tips to enjoy the garden peacefully

Publié le 24 juillet 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

How to prepare your barbecue safely? What are the recommendations for tiger mosquitoes and tick bites? An infographic and a video from the National Agency for Health Security, Food, Environment and Labor (Anses) remind you of what to do.

To enjoy your garden in peace of mind, the National Agency of Health, Food, Environment and Work (Anses) has prepared summer reports on various topics to avoid inconveniences or accidents that could occur outdoors.

Barbecue cooking: how to prevent health risks?

Are you planning to host friends for dinner in the garden? The beautiful season invites you to the barbecue kitchen but if you do not take care of it, it sometimes generates inconvenience that can expose you to food infections and dangerous substances.

How to prepare your barbecue? What precautions should be taken during cooking? And after cooking? You will find all the practical advice in a computer graphics made by the Anses.

Please note

For more information, you can consult the fact sheets of Service-Public.fr : What to do if a neighbor misuses a barbecue?

Ticks and mosquitoes: How to protect yourself?

Do you know that mosquitoes and ticks can transmit diseases to you in case of bites: dengue, Lyme, encephalitis? These can be dangerous. L'Anses offers you its advice through another computer graphics about tick bites.

One video also tells you how to protect yourself from the tiger mosquito, how to recognize it, and how to limit its spread.

Please note

The portal mosquito warning allows you to report the presence of the tiger mosquito in the territory: you will have to bring a photo of a specimen allowing its identification and answer 3 questions concerning the characteristics of the mosquito reported.

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