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Safe food handling is important at home, in the community, and in your business. Learn how to guard against allergen exposures and handle food safely to prevent food-borne illnesses.

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Keep Hot Foods Hot and Cold Foods Cold: A Foodservice Guide to Thermometers and Safe Temperatures

Chef's should not depend on their instincts, cooking time, oven temperature or product appearance to determine when a product is done: thermometers are important tools for protecting foods.

Mejores Prácticas de Inocuidad Alimentaria para Emprendedores Locales de la Industria de Alimentos

El propósito de esta publicación es proveer información sobre mejores prácticas para mantener los estándares de inocuidad para los productos vendidos por emprendedores locales de alimentos. Las regulaciones varían en cada estado, así que…

Older Adults and Food Safety: When Someone Else is the Cook

Let’s face it. Sometimes letting someone else do the cooking is just easier and more enjoyable. And today’s older adults have many eating options. However, all of these options do have food safety implications.

Older Adults and Food Safety: To Market, To Market

Prevention of foodborne illness starts with your trip to the supermarket. Cooking food to the proper temperature kills harmful bacteria.

Older Adults and Food Safety: What’s an Older Adult to Eat?

Smart food choices can help reduce the risk for chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke and osteoporosis. These are the leading cause of death and disability among Americans.

Older Adults and Food Safety: When Grandparents Take Care of Grandchildren

Pickle Buckets Can Cause Foodborne Illness!

Using five-gallon pickle buckets and other types of large deep containers for cooling hot foods should be avoided at all costs. While convenient for storage, these containers are much too large to be used for cooling food safely. Food may…

Pinchin’ Pennie$ in the Kitchen: Tips and Recipes for Preparing Goose

Using game birds in your menus adds variety to your diet. Consider these tips as you expand your menu options to include game birds such as goose.

Play it Safe! Safe Changes and Substitutions to Tested Canning Recipes

The safety of the food that you preserve for your family and friends is important. You can make some changes and substitutions to research-tested recipes while still protecting your family by following a few simple rules.

Put a Lid On It! Best Practices for Using Closures for Home-based Canning

Research-tested canning recipes recommend metal two-piece closures for home-based canning. Two-piece lids are sold to fit regular and wide-mouth glass canning jars and are made up of a flat metal lid and a metal screw band. The lid…
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