Buy, Store & Serve Safe Food - The FDA on Holiday Food Safety

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Buy, Store & Serve Safe Food > Holiday Food Safety - FDA.gov:

"Many people don't realize that food safety is the most important ingredient in preparing food for the holidays. Below are some helpful food safety resources to keep your holidays happy.

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FDA Consumer Updates - Food Safety Tips for Healthy Holidays

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FDA Consumer Updates; Food Safety Tips for Healthy Holidays:

"Parties, family dinners, and other gatherings where food is served are all part of the holiday cheer. But the merriment can change to misery if food makes you or others ill.

Typical symptoms of foodborne illness are vomiting, diarrhea, and flu-like symptoms, which can start anywhere from hours to days after contaminated food or drinks are consumed.

The symptoms usually are not long-lasting in healthy people—a few hours or a few days—and usually go away without medical treatment. But foodborne illness can be severe and even life-threatening to anyone, especially those most at risk:
- older adults
- infants and young children
- pregnant women
- people with HIV/AIDS, cancer, or any condition that weakens their immune system
- people who take medicines that suppress the immune system; for example, some medicines for rheumatoid arthritis

Combating bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other contaminants in our food supply is a high priority for the Food and Drug Administration. But consumers have a role to play, too, especially when it comes to safe food-handling practices in the home."

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Turkey Talk - Avoid Getting Sick

Thanksgiving is here. I'm reprising one of my oldie but goodie posts, Time To Talk About Turkey Cooking and Food Safety.  Follow the link to a well written set of do's and don'ts.  As a bonus there are additional links that might pique your interest.

For fewer clicks, here's the real 'meat' of the matter:
Let's Talk Turkey—A Consumer Guide to Safely Roasting a Turkey

Enjoy your safe, and well-prepared Turkey dinner!

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FDA Holiday Food Safety

The holidays are about spending time with friends and family. Naturally, food will be served and shared. So beware! Take a few moments to review best food handling practices to keep everybody happy and food healthy! Follow these FDA food safety recommendations, Food Safety Tips for Healthy Holidays, or download this newsletter, Food Safety Tips for Healthy Holidays (pdf). 

Bottomline...

1. Clean
2. Separate
3. Cook
4. Chill

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Happy Thanksgiving - Celebrate These Food Safety Tips

I love gathering with family at this time of year. Let's just be sure we do it with food safety in mind. Here's a collection of previous posts you might be interested in: Time To Talk About Turkey Cooking and Food Safety Thanksgiving Alert - Cooked Turkey Can Still Cause Food Poisoning! Wine Lovers Dishwasher Magnet 

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Survive - 5 Ways To Get Through The Holidays

Updated July 10, 2023

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TIPS FOR SURVIVING THE HOLIDAYS 

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Don't miss out on the holiday season. Do your best to celebrate and enjoy it as much as possible. Here are 5 tips from Dr. Jonathan Abramowitz, in his article, "Five tips for surviving the holidays." In a nutshell, the 5 tips (in my own words) are . . .

1. Recognize your thoughts and emotions, and slow them down
2. Lower expectations, the holidays don't have to be perfect
3. Take care of yourself first by modifying and changing how YOU react to people and situations
4. Place limits on demands and ultimatums by verbally side-stepping them (e.g., replace "should," "must" and "have to" with "I wish," "maybe" and "my preference is ..."
5. The holiday season is temporary and will be over before you know it

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Time To Talk About Turkey Cooking and Food Safety

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Thanksgiving is here, and it's time to cook the turkey. Just be sure to follow some basic turkey cooking tips for a delicious turkey without making your family, friends, and guests sick. Here's an excellent tip sheet from the USDA, "Let's Talk Turkey—A Consumer Guide to Safely Roasting a Turkey." A sampling of the tips include, fresh or frozen, stuffing, thawing, microwave, roasting, timetables, and much more . . .

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Thanksgiving Alert - Cooked Turkey Can Still Cause Food Poisoning!

While cooking your turkey properly makes it safe to eat, it's really only safe to eat for a short while after being cooked and stored properly. The danger lies is what you do with it after it's been cooked, as outlined in this news clip, "Thanksgiving Chefs Beware: Cooking The Turkey May Not Prevent Food Poisoning." The key point is a "live" form of the bacterium, C. perfringens, is killed by cooking, but its spores survive will survive a trip through the oven. The spores aren't harmful if eaten, and they will return to their vegetative state ("live") if warm turkey meat is left too long. For a safe Thanksgiving meal, follow these essential tips . . .

1. Cook the Thanksgiving turkey to 165 degrees.
2. Chill leftovers quickly after a meal is finished.
3. Cut meat off the bone and store perishables in shallow pans.
4. Reheat leftover turkey to 165 degrees and bring gravy to a boil.

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