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What to do with a recalled product?
There are steps to take to stay food safe if you have a recalled product at home.
- Outbreak: Listeria and Dole Packaged Salad Mix
- Outbreak: Salmonella and Onions
- Outbreak: Listeria and Fresh Express Packaged Salads
- How to Safely Freeze Food
- Bacteria and Viruses
- Outbreak: E. Coli and Packaged Salads
Tips
Winter Weather Food Safety
With the hurricane season of late summer and early fall behind us, it may be tempting to believe that the weather-related threats to food safety are behind us as well.
Say No to Raw Dough
For many people, the holiday season is the perfect time to spend time together in the kitchen and share delicious baked foods and desserts.
E. coli and Food Safety
Although most kinds of E. coli are harmless, others can make you sick. Learn about E. coli and what you can do to help lower your chances of infection.
Fruit and Vegetable Safety
Eating a diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables provides important health benefits, but it’s important that you select and prepare them safely.
4 Simple Steps to Food Safety
Separate
Raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs can spread germs to ready-to-eat foods, so keep them separate.
Cook
Cook to the right temperature. Ensure that foods are cooked safely by always using a food thermometer.
Chill
Refrigerate promptly. Bacteria that cause food poisoning multiply quickest between 40°F and 140°F.