Safe Food Handling
This poster gives the guidelines for emergency mass feeding shelters.
Food & Nutrition
Seniors and Food Safety: Why are Seniors at Risk for Foodborne Illness?
James L. Smith, a microbiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, wanted to find the answer to the question of why seniors are more at risk for foodborne illness. He reviewed data from foodborne outbreaks at nursing homes, and compared the immune and digestive systems of seniors and younger individuals, as well as evaluating the overall physical well-being of seniors.
Seniors and Food Safety: When Grandparents Take Care of Grandchildren
Many of the feeding practices you used with your own children may no longer be advocated for today’s infants and toddlers. Let’s take a look at the food safety implications of feeding a special new person in your life.
Seniors and Food Safety: What’s a Senior to Eat?
Smart food choices can help reduce the risk for chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke and osteoporosis. These are the leading cause of death and disability among Americans.
Seniors and Food Safety: What’s Cooking?
Prevent foodborne illness with these four simple steps to prepare food safely at home
Steps to Reducing Sodium in Recipes
Let’s practice our food sodium knowledge by modifying a chili recipe.
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.
Take Time for Tea: For Health and Well-being
Taking time to strengthen relationships over a cup of tea can be good for emotional and physical health. The tea warms your body and adds health-promoting substances to the diet. The time spent in conversation with a friend or family member can strengthen those important social bonds that enhance health and well-being.
VARY YOUR VEGGIES: Add Some Vegetables to Your Diet
Keep washed, ready-to-eat vegetables on hand and easy to find. How many times does someone in your family open the refrigerator door to see what there is to eat and take one of the first foods he or she sees? So let the cleaned vegetables be seen first. Also, set them out when meals and snacks are eaten. On the run? Cut up some veggies and put them in zip-top bags. Stop in the produce department to see if some vegetables are cut up and ready to eat for a snack. If you do not have a cooler or refrigerator nearby, remember to eat cut-up produce within two hours for safety.
VARY YOUR VEGGIES: How to Prepare Vegetables
Try something new! To take advantage of all their benefits, eat a variety of colors every day and vary your cooking methods to add variety to your menus. Cooking methods: microwave, steam, sitr-fry, pan, bake, broil.
VARY YOUR VEGGIES: How to Select and Store Vegetables
What veggies are in your refrigerator, freezer or pantry?
VARY YOUR VEGGIES: Serve More Vegetables
Most adults and children need 2 to 3 cups of vegetables per day, but the amount varies depending on age, gender and amount of physical activity.
VARY YOUR VEGGIES: Why Eat Vegetables?
Vegetables are versatile, nutritious, colorful and flavorful. Not only are they naturally low in calories, fat and sodium, but they also are good sources of important vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. Vegetables do not contain cholesterol. Increasing vegetable consumption can replace foods higher in calories and fat. Vegetables are rich sources of vitamins, particularly A and C. The value of a vegetable as a source of a nutrient is affected both by the amount of the nutrient present and by the amount of the vegetable eaten.
Wash your hands!
No matter the language, hand washing is an important step in the fight against germs. Follow these guidelines for proper hand-washing practices.
Wild Side of the Menu No. 1 Care and Cookery
The most succulent wild game can be destroyed by improper handling in the field or improper cooking at home. The handling of the meat from harvesting to preparing can make a major difference in flavor and safety of the end product. The purpose of this publication is to provide information on proper care and cookery of wild game so you can fully enjoy the fruits of the field.
