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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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Is Food In My Kitchen a Safety Hazard?

Follow these food handling guidelines to prevent foodborne illness.

It’s Clean, But Is It Sanitized?

Find out the difference between cleaning and sanitizing.

Keep Food Safe at Community Dinners and Potlucks

Safe food handling is important, especially when groups of people are fed at community events. Temperature control is a critical issue for volunteer food handlers. keep food safe when preparing and serving food to large groups.

Keep Food Safe During Grilling Season

Keep your grill season safe with the guidelines outlined in this publication.

Keep Food Safe from Store to Storage: Shopping Food Safety Facts

Plan your trip around the grocery store, and make it the last stop before going home. Use a shopping list. Shop for nonperishable foods first, followed by frozen and refrigerated items such as meats, fish, eggs, dairy products and deli…

Keep Food Safe in Temporary Food Stands

Safe Food handling is important, especially when serving food to the public at temporary food stands. Don't let foodborne illness from improperly handled food spoil your next event.

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

Bacteria are found nearly everywhere, including in most foods. Bacteria double in number every 10 to 30 minutes when exposed to ideal temperatures, pH, nutrients or moisture levels.  

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…

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…
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