Prevention of foodborne illness starts with your trip to the supermarket. Cooking food to the proper temperature kills harmful bacteria.
Smart food choices can help reduce the risk for chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke and osteoporosis. These are the leading cause of death and disability among Americans.
Using five-gallon pickle buckets and other types of large deep containers for cooling hot foods should be avoided at all costs. While convenient for storage, these containers are much too large to be used for cooling food safely. Food may…
Using game birds in your menus adds variety to your diet. Consider these tips as you expand your menu options to include game birds such as goose.
The safety of the food that you preserve for your family and friends is important. You can make some changes and substitutions to research-tested recipes while still protecting your family by following a few simple rules.
Families are busy with activities, work schedules and social commitments. Food preparation takes time, requires shopping for ingredients and includes cleanup.However, the benefits of gathering family and friends around a meal at any time…
Research-tested canning recipes recommend metal two-piece closures for home-based canning. Two-piece lids are sold to fit regular and wide-mouth glass canning jars and are made up of a flat metal lid and a metal screw band. The lid…
A food safety study was conducted with 58 international students from 30 different countries at North Dakota State University. Participants indicated the kind of food safety information they would like to get to help them safely handle new…
A food safety study was conducted with 58 international students from 30 different countries at North Dakota State University. Participants indicated the kind of food safety information they would like to get to help them safely handle new…
