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Script: Introduction to Food Safety at Home Podcasts |
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Intro:
Welcome to USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service
Food Safety at home podcast series. These podcasts were designed
with you in mind - the consumer - who purchases and prepares meat,
poultry and processed meat, poultry and processed egg products for
your family and friends.
Each episode will bring you a different food safety topic ranging
from safe storage, handling, and preparation of meat, poultry and
processed egg products to the importance of keeping foods safe during
a power outage.
So sit back, turn up the volume and listen in.
Hello, I’m Dr. Richard Raymond, the United States Department
of Agriculture’s Under Secretary for Food Safety, and I’m pleased
to welcome you to the Food Safety at Home series
of podcasts that are designed with you in mind; you the consumers
who purchase, prepare and eat meat, poultry and processed egg products.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service is USDA’s public health regulatory
agency responsible for ensuring
that the meat, poultry and processed egg products that you eat are
safe, wholesome, and accurately labeled and packaged and while the
Agency has approximately 7,800 inspection and veterinary personnel
in nearly 6,200 slaughter, processing and import establishments on
a daily basis, the consumers also play a significant role in making
sure food is safe to eat.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service uses many methods to reach
out and educate consumers about the importance of safe food handling
and preparation to reduce the risks associated with foodborne illnesses.
These podcasts are yet another new vehicle we are using to reach consumers
and to generate interest and involvement among thousands, and hopefully
millions, of potential new food safety advocates in this important
public health area.
Our broadcasts are meant to be short and fact-based and we’ll feature
food safety and public health experts.
As you listen you’ll hear about topics promoting food safety such
as the need to use food thermometers to check if your food is fully
cooked, and to how to keep food safe during a power outage.
You’ll learn about the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline and Ask
Karen, our virtual representative who is available to answer
your food safety questions 24 hours a day.
It’s easy to subscribe to our free podcast service. Simply click on
the “podcast” button at the top of this page, and you’ll automatically
receive links to our podcasts when they are released.
Ensuring a safe food supply and enhancing public health protection
are our highest priorities. Podcasts are another link in the information
chain and we’re excited about this new way of connecting with you.
Thanks for tuning in today and for listening to the Food Safety
at Home podcasts.
Outro:
Well, that’s all for this time. Thanks for joining us today for
another episode of food safety at home!
For answers to your food safety questions call USDA's toll-free meat
and poultry hotline at 1-888-mphotline. That’s 1-888-674-6854.
You can also get answers to food safety questions online from our
virtual representative "ask karen" at
www.askkaren.gov .
Let us know what you think of this podcast by sending your comments
to podcast@fsis.usda.gov.
Thanks for tuning in.
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