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Food Safety Education
FSIS educates consumers about the importance of safe food handling and how to reduce the risks associated with foodborne illness.
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Food safety specialists provide consumers with advice and up to date information on how to prevent foodborne illness through the safe handling, preparation and storage of meat, poultry, and processed egg products.
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USDA and Miami officials offer tips to keep food safe during a weather emergency and inform citizens of assistance resources available after an emergency.
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The Be Food Safe campaign gives educators the tools to inform consumers about foodborne illness and raise awareness of the dangers associated with improper handling and undercooking of food.

For More Information Regarding Food Safety Education Programs
Learn more about programs to promote food safety — Be Food Safe, Thermy™, Fight BAC!®, Is it done yet? and National Food Safety Education Month®. Learn how the Food Safety Education Staff develops and delivers its programs, and receive regular updates through be FoodSafe: The FSIS Magazine. Access results of consumer research and focus group testing.

For More Information Regarding USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline
Call or Email the USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline to get information on safe food storage, handling, and preparation; product dating and labeling, and much more. Or, read the answers to the Meat & Poultry Hotline's common questions.

For More Information Regarding Ask Karen
Do you have questions about food safety? Ask Karen, the FSIS virtual representative

For More Information For Kids & Teens
Here you will find food safety publications and activities especially for children. For more ideas, check out the linked resource lists for kids, teens, and educators.

For More Information Regarding Fact Sheets
FSIS offers hundreds of fact sheets and publications on a variety of food safety topics and for a variety of audiences.

For More Information Regarding be FoodSafe: the FSIS Magazine
Be FoodSafe: The FSIS Magazine is a new quarterly publication that will focus on food safety behavior trends, emerging science and research, inspection issues (domestic and international), and education programs for food workers, consumers and caregivers.

For More Information Regarding Food Defense & Emergency Response
Find out what USDA is doing, and what you can do, to keep the food supply safe from intentional harm. Read FSIS preparedness guidelines for consumers, food processors, transporters and distributors. Link to other emergency preparedness and response sites.




Last Modified: May 29, 2008

 

 

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