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Properly heat-treated firewood keeps invasive insects and plant pests from traveling with it when transported, but how to locate it? (Rod Bain and Kathryn Bronsky of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service)

Kathryn Bronsky of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service notes how her agency's website provides information on existing invasive pest quarantines and firewood movement restrictions. (Web address - "www.aphis.usda.gov")

What are the primary play calls for Super Bowl party planners and food safety experts when assuring delicious yet safe selections for watching the game, or for any pre or post-game events? (Rod Bain and USDA food safety expert Meredith Carothers)

USDA food safety expert Meredith Carothers talks about clean, separate, cook, and chill - the four pillars of food safety and how they apply to getting your Super Bowl party food presentation prepared and safe to eat.

A USDA food safety expert provides examples of how to take what is known as the "two-hour rule" in account when practicing food safety for your Super Bowl party. (Rod Bain and Meredith Carothers)

USDA food safety expert Meredith Carothers discusses the food safety practice of never leaving food out at room temperature for more than two hours, as well as ways to keep food safe.

Active weather on the last day of March included a ten-state stretch of tornadoes, with preliminary estimates noting over one-hundred reported. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey discusses some of the details associated with tornado outbreaks across ten states during the last day of March.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey notes the total preliminary number of tornadoes nationwide for the month of March.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey talks about a forecasted tornado outbreak on Tuesday, April Fourth for regions just hit with severe weather at the end of March.