Your holiday meal leftovers won’t last forever. Do you know how long can you safely keep these leftovers in your refrigerator before they go bad? Knowing how long you have to eat leftovers is important to ensure no one gets a foodborne illness.
You spend hours preparing your wonderful holiday meal and you refuse to let the leftovers go to waste. There are some important food safety rules about leftovers that you need to follow to ensure no one gets a foodborne illness.
Happy Holidays! Food safety is probably not the first thing people think about when planning a special holiday dinner. To keep your gathering from being memorable for the wrong reasons, it’s important to use food safety principles to reduce the risk of foodborne illness.
Flour is not intended to be consumed raw, Several illnesses and outbreaks have been associated with the consumption of raw flour from Salmonella or E. coli. The best way to avoid a food illness from flour is to avoid consuming it before it’s cooked, but that isn’t always so easy.
With each holiday season, hundreds of people in the Midwest are sickened after eating a holiday favorite – steak tartare – also know as “cannibal sandwiches” or “tiger meat”. No matter how it is served, eating raw or undercooked ground beef and eggs poses a health risk and should be avoided.
Stuffing is an excellent medium for bacterial growth – like Salmonella. When cooked inside the turkey, the juices containing bacteria, are absorbed by the stuffing.
The only reliable safe method to cook stuffing, is to cook it separate from the turkey – to a safe minimum internal temperature of 165°F as measured with a food thermometer – so as to kill any bacteria.
Homemade eggnog is a tradition during the holiday season. But each year, this creamy drink causes cases of Salmonella food illness because of contaminated raw or undercooked eggs. By following simple safe handling and proper cooking practices, you can enjoy delicious, creamy, homemade eggnog without making anyone sick!
Many people think that washing their turkey will remove bacteria and make it safe. In fact, washing a turkey can transfer harmful bacteria onto the surfaces of your kitchen, other foods, and utensils.
Do not wash your turkey in preparation for cooking on Thanksgiving. Likewise, only cooking the turkey thoroughly to 165°F kills any bacteria.
It’s time to start thinking about buying a fresh turkey and how to properly and safely prepare the entire meal.
All turkeys, like other fresh meat and poultry, are highly perishable and care needs to be taken when purchasing, storing, preparing, and cooking them to avoid foodborne illness.
Loss of power from winter storms can compromise the safety of refrigerated food. For example, a refrigerator will keep food cold for about 4hours if the door is kept closed. Knowing how to determine if food is safe and how to keep food safe after a power loss will help reduce the risk of foodborne illness.
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