Barbecue and Food Safety |
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Use these simple guidelines for grilling food safely.
Cooking For Groups (Multiple Formats)
This information will help volunteers prepare and serve food
safely for occasions like family reunions, church dinners,
and community gatherings. Get English or Spanish booklets, artwork, and more.
Related publications:
Countdown to the Thanksgiving Holiday |
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Plan ahead to ease the countdown tension for your Thanksgiving meal.
Food Safety for Those Glorious Holiday Goodies! (PDF Only; 517kb) |
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If any of your holiday recipes call for uncooked or lightly-cooked eggs, you can modify them by cooking the eggs thoroughly. From the Partnership for Food Safety Education.
Food Safety While Hiking, Camping & Boating |
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Whether you are in your kitchen or enjoying the great outdoors, there are some food safety principles that remain constant.
Handling Food Safely on the Road |
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Plan ahead and pack safely for the camping trip, boat ride, day at the beach or trip in the RV.
Holiday or Party Buffets |
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Festive times for giving and sharing should not include sharing foodborne illness.
Hotline Answers "Panic Button" Food Safety
Questions |
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During the holidays, people are busy and can sometimes forget that unsafe handling and cooking can lead to foodborne illness. Here are some questions callers have asked regarding the safety of their holiday foods.
Let's Talk Turkey–A Consumer Guide to Safely Roasting a Turkey |
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Every facet of getting a turkey from the store to the dinner table is included — buying fresh vs. frozen, safe thawing methods, stuffing, roasting, storing leftover turkey and reheating the leftovers.
Mail Order Food Safety |
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These tips, and a comprehensive storage chart, will help the purchaser and recipient determine if their perishable foods have been handled properly.
No-Show Guests Jeopardize Food
When guest encounter emergencies and the meal must be delayed or cancelled, food must be handled "just right" to remain safe.
Roasting
Those "Other" Holiday Meats |
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Rather than turkey, some families choose a rib roast; others, a ham; and some will have a butcher arrange a crown roast of lamb. For special holiday meals, the cook wants everything perfect — and perfectly safe.
Safe Handling Take Out Foods |
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Keep take out and delivered foods safe and store leftovers properly. Download the
SIT (Stuffed Image Format) for professional printing.
Smoking Meat & Poultry |
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Where there's smoke, there's well flavored meat and poultry. Using a smoker is one method of imparting natural smoke flavor to large cuts of meat, whole poultry, and turkey breasts.
Turduckens Require Safe Food Handling |
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"Turducken" — a layered poultry dish especially popular during the holidays —
requires safe food handling and thorough cooking to prevent foodborne illness.
Turkey: Alternate Routes to the Table |
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The conventional oven — although the appliance most often used to cook a whole turkey — is not the only way to get the big bird done and beautiful. There are alternate routes for cooking a turkey safely.
Turkey Basics
Turkey...from Farm to Freezer
Information about turkeys, from the time they are hatched on the farm until they make it home to the freezer.
Turkey...from Farm to Table
Safe storage, handling, cooking methods and approximate cooking times (traditional and microwave) for turkey products. Information about inspection and labeling is included.
