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Kick Off Your Super Bowl Party With Pizza

February 01, 2024 Kenneth King, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA

Pineapple on pizza is up for debate, but food safety is not. When including pizza in your Super Bowl party, make sure food safety is included in the toppings.

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety

What's Hot about COOL?

August 29, 2011 Cordell Givens, AMS Agricultural Marketing Specialist

Whether shoppers stroll through a grocery store or visit a local farmer’s market, they often wonder where meat or produce comes from. The Country of Origin Labeling program, or COOL, began as an amendment by Congress to the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 in the 2002 and 2008 Farm Bill. However...

Food and Nutrition

Make Food Safety a Priority This Fall

WASHINGTON, August 15, 2017 — During the busy fall season, whether you’re preparing a packed lunch for your child, a weeknight dinner for the family, or a tailgate feast for the whole crew, make sure you prevent foodborne illness by following USDA’s four steps to food safety: Clean, Separate, Cook...

Check Your Steps: Cook to Keep Your Family Safer from Food Poisoning

July 05, 2011 Diane Van, Manager of the USDA Meat & Poulty Hotline

While federal food safety agencies work hard every day to keep food safe before it gets to the consumer, the risk of foodborne illness has not been eliminated. One in six Americans will get food poisoning this year—that’s 48 million people. The USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline feels that it is important...

Health and Safety

What's On Your Plate This Fourth of July?

July 01, 2014 Jocelyn Harrison, Nutrition Intern, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Happy Birthday America! It’s the Fourth of July and time to celebrate American life. What do you have planned? A family reunion at the beach? A backyard barbeque with family and friends? A picnic in the park? Or a few friends on your patio? Here are some quick and easy tips to make your family’s...

Food and Nutrition

Washing Raw Poultry: Our Science, Your Choice

WASHINGTON, August 20, 2019 – A study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that individuals are putting themselves at risk of illness when they wash or rinse raw poultry. “Cooking and mealtime is a special occasion for all of us as we come together with our families and friends,”...

Connecting Local Producers to Montana Schools

May 31, 2023 Farm to School Specialist Allison Bell, Mountain Plains Regional Office, Food and Nutrition Service

Bringing together local producers and schools was the objective of the “ Bringing the Farm to School” producer training in Hardin, Montana. The training sought to build relationships between schools and producers to increase the availability of local foods served to children. USDA Farm to School...

Food and Nutrition Nutrition Security

First Down Food Safety Tips for your Super Bowl Party

January 30, 2014 Donna Karlsons, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Food Safety Education Staff

In order to win the game, the first downs have to keep coming without the penalties. Super Bowl Sunday will be a long day of first downs and a long day of eating! It’s the second highest day of food consumption in the U.S., and that means hosts and guests need to have their defense ready to keep...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety

Before You Toss Food, Wait. Check It Out!

June 27, 2013 Marianne Gravely, Technical Information Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service

It’s happened to all of us: you’re looking for something in the freezer or pantry, and discover food that has been forgotten. Your first impulse is to throw it out, but wait! Is it still good? Chances are it is! Food poisoning bacteria does not grow in the freezer, so no matter how long a food is...

Health and Safety

Another Look at Availability and Prices of Food Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 28, 2020 Robert Johansson, USDA Chief Economist

Last month I discussed the impact of COVID-19 on availability and prices of food based on data and information we had available at the time. Since then, USDA released its first assessment of U.S. and world crop supply and demand prospects and U.S. prices for 2020/21, and more data on market prices...

Coronavirus Research and Science