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Making Your Own Sanitizers – for hands and surfaces

The store shelves are bare and everyone needs to take care. So many things you wouldn’t touch (even on a dare). I thought I’d share how to keep hands and kitchenware clean and sanitized now that you are aware! After the run on toilet paper, people started stocking up on cleaning wipes and hand sanitizer.  […]

WRITTEN BY: Kate Shumaker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Holmes County

REVIEWED BY: Patrice Powers-Barker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Lucas County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Store Shelves - Patrice Powers-Barker
  • Hand Sanitizer Ingredients - Kate Shumaker

SOURCES:

  • Water Quality & Health Council. https://waterandhealth.org/resources/posters/#food-safety Retrieved 3/31/2020
  • North Carolina State University Extension Homemade Hand Sanitizer. https://foodsafety.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Homemade-Hand-Sanitizer_COVID-19_Flyer.pdf?fwd=no Retrieved 3/31/2020
  • North Carolina State University Extension Cleaning and Disinfecting. https://foodsafety.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Cleaning-and-disinfection_COVID-19_Flyer_031520.pdf?fwd=no Retrieved 3/31/2020
  • World Health Organization. https://www.who.int/ Retrieved 4/1/2020

Prevent Food Poisoning

Anybody can get food poisoning, but some people are more likely to get seriously ill. Every year, an estimated 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases. However, certain groups of people are more likely to get a foodborne illness (also called food poisoning) […]

WRITTEN BY: Kate Shumaker, MS RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Holmes County, shumaker.68@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Amy Meehan, MPH Healthy People Program Specialist

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

SOURCES:

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/education-month.html on 9/14/17
  • Partnership for Food Safety Education, retrieved from http://www.fightbac.org/ on 9/14/17

5 kitchen spots most people forget to clean

In general, most people do a pretty good job of keeping the kitchen clean.  They clean and sanitize counter tops and clean the insides of the refrigerator, oven and microwave when needed. But when was the last time you cleaned these areas? Exhaust fan/vent hood. This area, directly over the stovetop, can collect all kinds […]

WRITTEN BY: Kate Shumaker, MS RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Holmes County, shumaker.68@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Melinda Hill, Extension Educator Family and Consumer Sciences, OSU Extension, Wayne County, hill.14@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/kitchen-counter-stove-oven-2174577/

Just Peachy

The peach is one of the most prized fruits. Second only in popularity to the apple, the peach has been romanticized since ancient times. Though Ohio is not considered a major peach growing state, peaches are grown in the state and are favorites among its citizens. A medium sized peach (approximately 3-1/2 oz.) is more […]

WRITTEN BY: Kate Shumaker, MS RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Holmes County, shumaker.68@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Cheryl Mickley, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Carroll County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • https://pixabay.com/en/peaches-fruit-farmers-market-fresh-1329026/

SOURCES:

  • Barbara H. Drake. Selecting, Storing and Serving Ohio Peaches, Home Yard and Garden Factsheet 5525. Ohio State University Extension. 1993.

REFERENCES:

  • Georgia Peach Council, gapeaches.org
  • South Carolina Peach Council, scpeach.org

Don’t Wing It! The Do’s and Don’ts of Safe Poultry Handling

While many consumers are aware of the risks of consuming raw or undercooked poultry, fewer realize that the steps they’re taking when handling poultry(PDF)Links to a PDF document. in the grocery store and at home could be putting them at risk for contracting a foodborne illness. Contaminated food sickens nearly 48 million people in the […]

WRITTEN BY: Kate Shumaker, MS RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Holmes County, shumaker.68@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Christine Kendle, MS, RDN, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Tuscarawas County, kendle.4@osu.edu

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • www.fightbac.org

REFERENCES:

  • 1 "Estimates of Foodborne Illness in the United States." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 15 July 2016.
  • 2. CDC. Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet): FoodNet Surveillance Report for 2012 (Final Report). Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC. 2014.
  • 3. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. "People at Risk of Foodborne Illness - Food Safety for Older Adults." U S Food and Drug Administration Home Page. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Sept. 2011.
  • 4. Donelan, A., Chambers, D.H., Chambers, E IV, Godwin, S., and Cates, S. 2016. Consumer poultry handling behaviors in the grocery store and in-home storage. Journal of Food Protection 79(4):584-588.

Recipes: Make it YOUR Way!

Have you ever seen a recipe in a magazine or on the Internet and thought, “That sounds pretty good, except for the [insert ingredient]”?  That happens to me a lot!  Sometimes it is an ingredient that someone in my family just doesn’t like.  Other times I might be looking to make the recipe a little […]

WRITTEN BY: Kate Shumaker, MS RD, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Holmes County, shumaker.68@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Christine Kendle, MS, RDN, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Tuscarawas County, kendle.4@osu.edu

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