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Spotlight
BrucePac Recalls: Possible Listeria Contamination
Ready-to-eat meat and poultry products recalls due to possible Listeria contamination.
- Food Safety in a Disaster
- More Ground Cinnamon Products Added to FDA Public Health Alert Due to Presence of Elevated Levels of Lead
- Investigation of Illnesses: Diamond Shruumz-Brand Chocolate Bars, Cones, & Gummies
- Don’t Let Foodborne Illness Hog Your Next Pig Roast
- Updates on Avian Flu
- Three Ways to Keep Food Safe When You Lose Power
Tips
Halloween Treats: Better Safe Than Scary
Follow these simple steps to make sure treats are safe for children.
Wash Your Hands for Health
Washing your hands properly can prevent 1 in 3 diarrheal illnesses and 1 in 5 respiratory infections.
Tips for Meal Kit and Food Delivery Safety
What you need to know.
Safe Ways to Handle and Clean Produce
It’s always important to rinse fresh fruits and vegetables before you eat them, but using bleach or detergents to clean fruits and vegetables can make you sick.
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.