Your pots and pans may be busier this year , but with Thanksgiving and the holidays approaching the corner, it's not time to put them down just yet. With recalls and outbreaks recently affecting some grocery store foods, the FDA has released food safety tips to help reduce your risk of foodborne illness.
While you can never be too sure, these six tips should be remembered year-round! (Also, check out the 21 best tips for healthy cooking before turning the oven back on!)
The FDA begins its list of safety tips to avoid food poisoning this fall with a warning about raw meal, as it could contain harmful bacteria. "If you're making apple pie, pumpkin bread, or something in between, you're probably using flour," says the FDA , "and it's important to remember that flour is a raw food. ".
Bacteria die in the oven. So avoid tasting the batter (yes, that includes cookie dough). But how dangerous is it to eat raw cookie dough?
Bacteria can spread from raw foods to ready-to-eat foods. Therefore, according to the FDA, it is best to keep everything separate. Egg yolks, foursome, meat, poultry, seafood, and other raw foods can fall on counters, containers, and your hands. They can also carry grocery carts, bags and refrigerators.
For more information, here are 30 foods you shouldn't eat raw.
Deliberately not consuming raw meal, eggs, and other ingredients is an easy way to protect yourself from foodborne diseases. Most importantly, just stick to the recipe. There is a reason why certain temperatures and cooking times must be adhered to.
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Use hand sanitizer frequently at the grocery store and wash your hands when you get home. The FDA says it is also better to clean surfaces frequently when a meal is being prepared. This is true regardless of whether the food is raw or not. This not only removes bacteria from the food, but also other germs from outside the home that may have entered!
Would you like specific advice on how to keep your oven interior clean? Here are the 50 best tips for cleaning the kitchen .
Bacteria can spread if food is not properly refrigerated before and after cooking. The FDA says the correct way to do this is to "refrigerate or freeze meat, poultry, eggs, seafood, and other perishable foods within 2 hours of cooking or purchase".
The time changes to one hour when the outside temperature is above 90 degrees Fahrenheit. While this Thanksgiving Day isn't that hot, it's better to play it safe.
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Like meat, poultry, seafood, flour, and eggs, fresh produce can also contain harmful bacteria that cause foodborne diseases. Therefore, during the cider season, it is important to be careful when buying or preparing freshly squeezed beverages.
"If the product or juice hasn't been pasteurized or otherwise processed to destroy harmful bacteria, the juice could be contaminated," says the FDA . "If you make juice or cider at home, wash your hands and any fresh produce well, and cut off damaged or bruised areas from fruits and vegetables. Store juice and cider in the refrigerator."
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