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Food For Your Soul: Be "Food Safe" During the Holidays
Food is always an important part of holiday festivities. But holiday meals can take a turn for the worse if food safety isn’t a regular ingredient in preparing and cooking the food. The food you serve your family can be very harmful if your turkey, ham, gumbo, crab dip and home-prepared meatballs aren’t handled safety or refrigerated properly.
Read Full TextFood For Your Soul: Be "Food Safe" with Produce During the Holidays
Vegetable dishes, salads, and fruit are an important part of holiday meals for many families. But meals can take a turn for the worse if food safety isn't a regular ingredient in the preparing or cooking of your sweet potato pies, collard greens, broccoli casseroles or fruit salads.
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