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...to your food safety questions!
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Check Your Steps: Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill
One in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year alone. The Food Safe Families campaign, urges you to Check Your Steps. By following four simple steps, you can help keep your family safe from food poisoning at home.
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USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline can personally answer your food safety questions on weekdays year-round. Recorded messages are available any time.
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Ask Karen: Ask a Food Safety Question
Want to know how long you can safely keep meat in the refrigerator? Or whether it's better to use wooden or plastic cutting boards? The Ask Karen knowledge base has the answer. Live Chat available during set hours.
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Chicken Liver - Resources for Illness Prevention
FSIS is collaborating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), state and local health and agriculture agencies, and other partners to help prevent illnesses associated with chicken liver.
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Food Safety Fact Sheets
FSIS offers hundreds of fact sheets and publications on a variety of food safety topics and for a variety of audiences.
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USDA Food Safety Discovery Zone (Mobile)
USDA's mobile Food Safety Discovery Zone has traveled throughout the United States to educate consumers about steps they can take to reduce their risk of foodborne illness.
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For Kids and Teens
Publications and food safety activities especially for children developed by FSIS and its food safety partners.
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SignFSIS
FSIS provides videos in American Sign language on a variety of food safety topics, ranging from foodborne illness to how to safely handle meat and poultry products.
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Videos (PSAs)
Watch various food safety and inspection streaming videos.