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Enjoy Your Super Bowl Snacks with a Side of Food Safety

February 08, 2022 Jesus Garcia, Public Affairs Specialist, FSIS-USDA

While millions watch NFL players battle it out in the Super Bowl, the real MVPs on Sunday will be chicken wings—more than 1 billion will be consumed before, during and after the game! Whether you bake, roast, fry or order in your chicken wings, don’t forget the four food safety steps that night.

Health and Safety

Seen and Heard: The USDA Food Safety Discovery Zone is a Big Hit at the B’More Healthy Expo

March 23, 2012 Cathy Cochran, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service

The USDA Food Safety Discovery Zone began its spring 2012 tour this past Saturday at Baltimore’s B’More Healthy Expo. Staffed by five food safety experts, the Discovery Zone was arguably one of the top attractions at the expo, giving interactive tours and food safety prizes to at least 5,000...

Health and Safety

Turkey, Chicken, Duck, Oh My! Turducken Defies the Traditional Thanksgiving Bird

November 15, 2017 Tanya Brown, FSIS Public Affairs Specialist

Turducken. The name doesn’t sound appetizing, but once you cut into the triple layers of chicken, duck and turkey, you can see why people bypass the traditional Thanksgiving turkey for this all-in-one, mega-stuffed delicacy.

Health and Safety

Beat Foodborne Illness this Super Bowl

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2017 — As excitement for this year's Super Bowl grows, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) encourages consumers to use safe food handling practices at a championship level and avoid becoming one of the estimated 48 million Americans who gets sick from foodborne...

USDA Offers Summer Food Safety Tips In Advance of Memorial Day Weekend

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2015 – Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start to summer, and many Americans will celebrate with cookouts, camping, road trips and other activities that involve food. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is reminding families to...

Reducing Food Waste is Child's Play

September 03, 2015 Alena Marovitz, Intern, Office of Chief Economist

The famous Julia Child once said “people who love to eat are always the best people,” but what would Julia say about eaters who waste food? In the United States, consumers discard about 20 percent of all food purchased. That adds up to approximately 90 billion pounds of food each year, costing each...

Food and Nutrition

Test Your Children’s Food Safety Knowledge Before Letting Them Have the Run of the Kitchen

September 01, 2020 Maribel Alonso, Senior Technical Information Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA

September is Food Safety Education Month and it’s a perfect time to test your children’s food safety knowledge before you let them take over your kitchen. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many children have spent more time at home – and visited the kitchen numerous times a day.

Health and Safety

Common Mistakes College Students Make When Ordering Take Out

August 22, 2019 Nirav Shah, MBA, MPH, Public Affairs Specialist, FSIS

This is your first year of college, a step toward living life independently. You managed to get into a college, now what..!?! From the first day of freshman year until gradation, avoiding foodborne illness is as important as getting good grades and creating memories.

Health and Safety

Today’s Lesson: Prepare Safe Lunches

August 18, 2020 Jesus Garcia, Public Affairs Specialist and Maribel Alonso, Technical Information Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA

With the 2020-2021 school year approaching, many parents are preparing for changes to their routine. Many students may be returning to school for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began and others may be distance learning. Don’t let foodborne illness – commonly called food poisoning – keep...

Health and Safety

USDA Reminds Consumers to Handle Frozen Foods Safely This School Year

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9, 2021 — As students, parents and caretakers adjust to a physical return to classrooms this fall, the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds families to follow food safety practices to prevent foodborne illness when it comes to preparing frozen foods. After a year of...