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At-Home Safe Food Handling

Safe food handling doesn’t stop at the grocery store. It is equally or more important to handle food safety at home!

Shopping, storing, preparing, cooking, serving, and handling leftovers all have risks for food safety issues. Handwashing, temperature control, and other key steps help reduce risks of foodborne illness.

Learn more in this updated publication At-Home Safe Food Handling: It’s in Your Hands, MF2465.

A food thermometer is safest way to determine doneness for meats, poultry, seafood and eggs.

 

About Karen Blakeslee

The Rapid Response Center was formed in 1995 as a resource for Kansas State University Research & Extension Agents. Resource topics included Food Science, Human Nutrition, Food Service, Textiles, Home Care and other consumer topics. Since that time, the Center has grown to be of valuable assistance to Kansas State University Extension Specialists in those areas.

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