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Get an A+ in Food Safety This School Year

Here’s a study guide to help you keep food safe when packing lunches for the school year. Category: Food Outside the Home

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Seasons Change, but Food Safety Steps Shouldn’t

Keep food safe during road trips, camping, and beach trips.

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Extinguishing the Risk of Foodborne Illness during Wildfires

Here are some tips to prevent foodborne illness during an evacuation and after a wildfire.

Halloween Treats: Better Safe Than Scary

Halloween Treats: Better Safe Than Scary

This blog describes the safe ways for children to enjoy foods and sweets in traditional Halloween rituals like trick-or-treating and Halloween parties.

4 Simple Steps to Food Safety

Clean

Wash hands, utensils and surfaces often. Germs can spread and survive in many places.

Separate

Raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs can spread illness-causing bacteria 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.

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