Foodborne Diseases
Many diseases hop a ride on food and water and enter your body right through your mouth. The most typical illness is gastroenteritis or stomach flu and the primary symptoms are often diarrhea and vomiting.
Listeria- Listeriosis
Listeriosis is a food-borne disease caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. The listeria bacteria is most likely to contaminate foods of animal origin such as meat and milk, but also vegetables contaminated with soil or manure.
Listeriosis is a food-borne disease caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. The listeria bacteria is most likely to contaminate foods of animal origin such as meat and milk, but also vegetables contaminated with soil or manure.
Salmonella or Salmonellosis is Caused by Salmonella Bacteria
Salmonella food poisoning, or salmonellosis, is caused by Salmonella bacteria in food like milk and eggs. Salmonella can cause large outbreaks of salmonellosis.
Salmonella food poisoning, or salmonellosis, is caused by Salmonella bacteria in food like milk and eggs. Salmonella can cause large outbreaks of salmonellosis.
All About Norovirus
Norovirus is also called the stomach flu but it is not caused by influenza at all.
Norovirus is also called the stomach flu but it is not caused by influenza at all.
E.coli Inside and Out
E.coli comes from the feces of animals but somehow manages to get into our food and make us sick.
E.coli comes from the feces of animals but somehow manages to get into our food and make us sick.
10 Tips to Surviving Bird Flu in a Restaurant
Eating out at a restaurant and not getting sick from a food borne disease such as bird flu is possible even in the worst restaurant.
Eating out at a restaurant and not getting sick from a food borne disease such as bird flu is possible even in the worst restaurant.
Calibrate Your Kitchen Thermometer
Make sure your thermometer is working correctly with this simple calibration technique anyone can do at home. Cooking safely and eliminating bird flu in food means using a proper kitchen thermometer to measure the temperature of your foods as you are cooking them.
Make sure your thermometer is working correctly with this simple calibration technique anyone can do at home. Cooking safely and eliminating bird flu in food means using a proper kitchen thermometer to measure the temperature of your foods as you are cooking them.
Bird Flu Chicken Cooking Tips
Tips to cooking poultry safely amidst a bird flu outbreak can reduce the risk of getting bird flu from eating poultry such as chicken and turkey.
Tips to cooking poultry safely amidst a bird flu outbreak can reduce the risk of getting bird flu from eating poultry such as chicken and turkey.
Talking Bird Flu and Turkey Safety
It is highly unlikely that a turkey infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus would ever make it to the market and your kitchen. However, if a bird were to have bird flu, cooking and handling it properly would kill the bird flu virus, rendering it safe to eat.
It is highly unlikely that a turkey infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus would ever make it to the market and your kitchen. However, if a bird were to have bird flu, cooking and handling it properly would kill the bird flu virus, rendering it safe to eat.
Why Use a Thermometer?
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Services show why we should use a cooking thermometer to ensure food safety.
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Services show why we should use a cooking thermometer to ensure food safety.
Cooking Safely with a Microwave
Cook safely in the microwave oven is a short publication of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. The document shows us the special considerations we should take when cooking with a microwave oven.
Cook safely in the microwave oven is a short publication of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. The document shows us the special considerations we should take when cooking with a microwave oven.
Fight BAC campaign
The Partnership for Food Safety Education and their Fight Bac campaign has a fun and informative website on how to prevent foodborne illness.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education and their Fight Bac campaign has a fun and informative website on how to prevent foodborne illness.