From college to the pros, Thanksgiving week is one of the busiest times of the football season. Here are some tips from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) on how to
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UPDATED – Publisher’s Platform: A Thanksgiving question to the FDA, CDC and state and local health authorities
Opinion
On this Thanksgiving I want to say how thankful I am for those who work to protect the food we eat. Although for 26 years I have been primarily supportive of those who protect
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Keep today’s Thanksgiving leftovers safe to eat tomorrow with these tips
Guy Crosby, “The Cooking Science Guy” has some tips to keep you enjoying your Thanksgiving food beyond the holiday. Guy Crosby, an adjunct professor in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T H Chan School
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Turkey Day tips: Four ways to stay safe this Thanksgiving
By quoting numbers from the CDC, a food safety specialist from Oklahoma State University recently demonstrated how import home food safety is, especially during the holiday season when there are more cooks in the kitchen
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Tests point to turkey in Salmonella outbreak in Georgia
The investigation continues, but initial test results show turkey was the source of Salmonella that sickened employees at a pre-Thanksgiving dinner at a Georgia tire factory.
At least five people had to be hospitalized and
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Georgia restaurant linked to company dinner outbreak reopens
Two weeks after reports of food poisoning among Toyo Tire employees who ate catered food at the Georgia company’s pre-Thanksgiving dinner, dozens have been confirmed with Salmonella infections, at least five have been hospitalized, and
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Cyber Monday? Leftover day — trash em’ if you’ve got em’
According to food safety guidelines from most public health agencies, today is the last day to safely eat refrigerated leftovers from Thursday’s holiday meal, and if you didn’t get them into cold storage within two
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Mother, son sue eatery for Thanksgiving dinner food poisoning
A mother and her son who were among the 260 people sickened by bacteria-contaminated food served by the Golden Ponds Restaurant & Party House are suing for their injuries and damages.
Attorneys Paul V. Nunes
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CDC identifies bacteria that killed 3 who ate church meal
A Thanksgiving Day meal served by a church group in Antioch, CA, that killed three people was evidently contaminated with the bacteria Clostridium perfringens.
“Clostridium perfringens is one
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Case count at 260 in outbreak tied to restaurant in upstate NY
A restaurant in a suburb of Rochester, NY, that was closed by health officials the day after Thanksgiving because of reports of illnesses is now thought to have sickened more than 260 people on the
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Get stuffed — just use a thermometer before you unstuff
Editor’s note: Ben Chapman, a food safety researcher and holiday meal enthusiast, originally published this column in the North Carolina State University News.
To view the full Thanksgiving food safety
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