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Food Safety Tips for Father’s Day
Planning to celebrate Father’s Day with a fantastic meal for dad? Whether you’re going to make him breakfast, take him out to eat, or fire up the grill, learn what you can do to make your food safer to eat. Don’t let food poisoning ruin the celebration.
Outbreak of Salmonella Infections in the Midwest Linked to Pre-cut Melons
CDC is investigating an outbreak of 60 Salmonella infections in five Midwestern states linked to fresh pre-cut watermelon, cantaloupe, and fruit salad mixes with melon. Also available in Spanish.
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Most of the sick people are adults over the age of 60, and 31 people have been hospitalized. On June 8, Caito Foods recalled pre-cut melon products that were sold in many different stores in Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio. A list of the recalled products is on the FDA website.
2018 Outbreaks of Salmonella Infections Linked to Backyard Flocks
CDC is investigating several multistate outbreaks of Salmonella infections linked to contact with live poultry in backyard flocks. Also available in Spanish. So far, there have been 124 sick people reported from 36 states. Thirty-one percent of sick people are children younger than 5 years. Seventy outbreaks of Salmonella infections have been linked to contact with backyard flocks since 2000. In 2017, CDC reported the largest number of illnesses ever recorded linked to backyard flocks.
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Do you or someone you know keep a backyard flock? Read CDC’s tips on how to handle live poultry safely, including washing your hands after touching chickens, ducks, and geese. Also available in Spanish.
New Study on Retail Deli Practices
Most delis keep food cold enough to reduce growth of Listeria and other germs that cause foodborne illness and outbreaks, but 1 in 6 delis do not, according to a new study by the Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net). The Food and Drug Administration Food Code recommends that delis refrigerate deli meats at 41ºF or colder. The study recommends that food safety programs and retail delis encourage or require kitchen managers to be certified in food safety, and monitor and record refrigerator temperatures.
EHS-Net is a federally funded collaboration of federal, state, and local environmental health specialists and epidemiologists.
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