Is food safe if left out overnight? Which is safer — a wooden cutting board or a plastic one? Should chicken be washed before it is cooked?
Those are some of the questions most frequently directed to Ask Karen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday that the public voting period for the Apps for Healthy Kids competition has begun and will conclude on August 14 at noon EDT. During this time, members of the public are invited to test and vote on their favorite game and tool submissions on
Consumers will soon have a mobile application, fueled by government recall data, at their fingertips to keep potentially unsafe products, from food to furniture to drugs, out of their homes.
The application, available as of midnight last night, is part of a wider effort to make the federal government more
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Since Food Safety News launched in September, we’ve been actively seeking new platforms on which to deliver breaking news and expert opinion. We’ve been growing our presence on Twitter (follow us at @foodsafetynews), we recently launched a Facebook page and now we’ve launched our very own iPhone application.
iPhone applications have quite a bit to offer on the food front. If you’re in St. Louis and you must know where the closest Filipino restaurant is, iWant, Urban Spoon, or Yelp applications can help you in a jiffy. You can also use iPhone apps to find an open table
After reviewing several food safety-related iPhone applications, we’ve found our favorite: Clean Eats.
iPhone applications have quite a bit to offer on the food front. If you’re in St. Louis and you must know where the closest Filipino restaurant is, iWant, Urban Spoon, or Yelp applications can help you
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You probably already use your iPhone to get directions, play music, or look up movie times, but did you know you could use it to find safe, healthy, and green products?
iPhone applications have quite a bit to offer on the food front. If you’re in St. Louis and you
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You probably already use your iPhone to get directions, play music, or look up movie times, but did you know you could use it as a guide to local food?
Iphone applications have quite a bit to offer on the food front. If you’re in St. Louis and you must
You probably already use your iPhone to get directions, play music, or look up movie times, but did you know you could use it to help determine when take-out has gone bad?
iPhone applications have quite a bit to offer on the food front. If you’re in St. Louis and
You probably already use your iPhone to get directions, play music, or look up movie times, but did you know you could use it to see whether your favorite restaurant has received a food safety violation?
Iphone applications have quite a bit to offer on the food front. If you’re
