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Spring Celebrations: Handling Leftovers

Posted April 10, 2012 By Diane Van, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service Now that we have served that delicious ham and brisket and hunted for our
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FDA alert: Cancer-causing agent found in Japanese rapid weight loss diet pills yellow and green

By David Liu, PHD Sunday April 8, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two public notices to warn consumers that a carcinogenic ...
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Spring Celebrations: What’s on Your Menu?

Posted March 27, 2012 By Diane Van, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline gets extra busy this time of year with brisket, ...
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Got Raw Milk? Don’t Drink It

Posted March 13, 2012 |  By By Adam Langer, DVM, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) You may have recently heard about people getting sick ...
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Daylight savings time 2012

Daylight Time Starting in 2007, daylight time begins in the United States on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. ...
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Consumers to Receive Timely Food Safety Alerts Through State Twitter Feeds

Social media will alert followers to state-specific food recalls or emergency preparation alerts USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-674-6854 Congressional and Public Affairs Dirk Fillpot (202) 690-3112 WASHINGTON, March 2, ...
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Key Nutrition Information for Most Popular Meat and Poultry Products Coming to a Store Near You

New Labels to Provide Consumers With the Information They Need to Make Healthy Food Choices Congressional and Public AffairsCatherine Cochran (202) 690-0428WASHINGTON, March 1, 2012 - Beginning ...
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Be a Food Safe Office Mate: Help Keep the Office Refrigerator Clean

Posted February 28, 2012 |  By Howard Seltzer, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition When it comes to safe food handling everything that comes in ...
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Challenge Yourself to Cook It Safe! Tips for Cooking with a Microwave or Conventional Oven

Posted February 15, 2012 |  By Diane Van, USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service Every year, one in six Americans will fall ill due to some form of ...
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Cupid is Coming! Tips for a Romantic—and Safe—Dinner

Posted February 07, 2012  By Kate Levinson, MPH, MA, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, CDC After “flowers or chocolate” (hint: both!), the next big Valentine’s ...
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