Food safety: Reducing the risk of food-borne illness

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THD performs over 11,000 inspections of approximately 3,500 food service establishments each year to ensure food safety for area residents.

Healthy people 2010 objective:

Increase the proportion of adults who are vaccinated annually against influenza and ever vaccinated against pneumococcal disease.

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Consumer Food Safety Tips

 

Helpful Advice for Keeping Food Safe at Home

 

Eating Out/Bringing In- Food Safety for Moms-to-Be
http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/HealthEducators/ucm082539.htm

Food Safety While Hiking, Camping, and Boating
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/hcb.htm

Mail Order Food Safety
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/mailorder.htm

Packing School Lunches Safely
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/news/1997/school.htm

Food Safety for Seniors
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Seniors_Need_Wisdom_on_Food_Safety/index.asp

Barbeque Food Safety
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Barbecue_Food_Safety/index.asp

The Joy of Giving Food Safely
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/safefood/newsltr/v8n1s06.html

Keeping the Holidays Happy
www.fightbac.org

Let's Talk Turkey
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/Lets_Talk_Turkey.pdf

Roasting Those "Other" Holiday Meats
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Roasting_Those_Other_Holiday_Meats/index.asp

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