When your holiday feast is over, be sure to handle the leftovers quickly and carefully. Any perishable food that is left from your dinner should be refrigerated or frozen within 2 hours from the time the meal is served. Divide large amounts of leftover foods into shallow containers for quick cooling. For larger items, such […]
Food Safety after a Summer Storm
Summer storms can bring power outages. When power is out over a period of several hours or even days, food can spoil in the refrigerator and freezer. BE PREPARED Plan ahead for a possible power outage. Keep your freezer as full as possible. A full freezer will hold the food at a colder temperature even […]
Time for Strawberry Jam!
The strawberry patch is bursting with berries! You have eaten about as many berries as possible and are trying to decide what else to do with them. How about making some strawberry jam? It is a simple and easy process. Just follow the steps below. Or refer to the website instructions from the National Center […]
Handling Eggs Safely
In the next couple of weeks you may be planning or participating in events that use hard cooked dyed eggs. This could be an egg hunt or simply for decoration. Take the following precautions from USDA to keep eggs safe to eat. When dyeing eggs, after hard cooking them, dye them and return them to […]
Norovirus
With the recent and reoccurring outbreaks of Norovirus, especially on cruise ships, what do we really know? Norovirus is part of a family of viruses. It can be called Norovirus, viral gastroenteritis, acute nonbacterial gastroenteritis, food poisoning and foodborne infection. An estimated 19-21 million cases are reported each year in the United States. Only 26% […]
Make Food Safety Your Tailgate Goal
Make Food Safety Your Tailgate Goal