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Safe food handling is important at home, in the community, and in your business. Learn how to guard against allergen exposures and handle food safely to prevent food-borne illnesses.

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Safe Food for Babies and Children: Warming Bottles Safely

For the first year of a baby's life, breast milk or infant formula should be used to provide the nutrition necessary to promote growth and general health.

Safe Food for Babies: Handling Breast Milk, Formula and Baby Food

Infants and young children are most at risk for foodborne illness because their immune systems are not fully developed. Follow the tips in this publication to keep breast milk, formula and baby food safe for babies.

Stop Germs in Their Tracks With Proper Hand-washing

Did you know that proper hand washing is the single most important way to help prevent the spread of illness? Clean your hands thoroughly to help prevent germs from spreading from person to person and throughout a community.

The pick of the season: Keeping Fruits and Vegetables Fresh and Safe from Plant to Palate

Even though fruits, vegetables and juice are nutritious parts of the diet, you need to take some food safety precautions. For example, contaminated melons, sprouts and raspberries have been linked with foodborne illness outbreaks.

Wild Side of the Menu No. 1 Care and Cookery

Wild Side of the Menu No. 2: Field to Freezer

Each year, hunting of animals and birds is increasingly popular, but often the game is wasted because of improper handling in the field. Nutritionally, game meats rate as well as domestic animals and may prove to be a healthier source of…
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