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Tag: Fruit

How About Them Caramel Apples...With Listeria?

Mar 26, 2015
Mandip Kaur and Brendan Jackson, CDC

Oh, how sweet it is to enjoy a caramel apple when autumn sweeps in! Maybe you like yours topped with nuts? Sprinkles? How about chocolate?

But who knew that this past fall, certain caramel ...

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Posted in: Bacteria/Virus | Food Outside the Home | Food Safety | Outbreaks | Reports and Recalls
Tagged: Food Safety | Fruit | recalls | Listeria

New Research Provides Tips for Making Your Home Food Preparation Safer

Feb 19, 2015
By: Amelia Kermis, MPH CHES, Food Safety Education Staff, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA

During a recent study from Kansas State University (KSU) 120 parents were observed while cooking in a test kitchen. After participants were finished cooking, samples were taken ...

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Posted in: Holidays | Seasonal
Tagged: Fruit | salad | Bacteria | cleaning | kitchen towel | dish cloth | Wash Hands | kitchen safety

Fresh Produce Recalls: What Consumers Should Do

Jul 25, 2014

The recent recall of fresh peaches, nectarines, plums and pluots (a plum/apricot hybrid) makes this a good time to think about what consumers should do if they have, or think they may have, any of the recalled products.

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Posted in: Reports and Recalls
Tagged: Produce | Recall | Fruit

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