Soap’s effectiveness depends on spending enough time scrubbing your hands.

Food canning isn't the time to get creative with new recipes or canning methods.

We all can benefit from stocking our refrigerators with healthful snacks.

Bacteria can grow to dangerous levels if food is not kept at proper temperatures.

Bring some healthful snacks and an ice chest to keep perishable foods cold.

When traveling internationally, eat hot cooked food and avoid raw foods, and fruits and veggies rinsed with potentially unsafe water.

In general, leftover perishable foods (cooked meat, casseroles, vegetables) kept at 40 F or below should be used within three or four days.

This song will help you stay healthy during the holidays and the rest of the year.

Do you know about how much turkey a person eats each year?

Dehydration has been a method of preserving food since early in history.

Food-related programs have been popular topics for children enrolled in 4-H.

Consumers share the responsibility for keeping produce safe to eat.

Food canning isn’t the time to get creative with recipes.

Be sure to protect your food from visible and invisible unwanted guests.

Bananas have been a popular fruit for thousands of years. In early times, bananas were held in such high esteem they became known as the ""fruit of the wise man"" and ""fruit of paradise.""

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About 30 botulism cases are reported yearly in the U.S. and most of those cases are associated with food canned improperly at home.

We have many oil choices in the grocery store, and some of them are more healthful than others.

Our spring season beckons us to enjoy dining and cooking outdoors.

Obviously, diet products are big business, especially since two out of three people are overweight.

Regardless of how you decide to prepare your bird, ensure a successful and safe turkey dinner by taking some precautions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention refers to hand washing as the single most important means of preventing the spread of disease.

According to a 2014 report from U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, about 31 percent of the 430 billion pounds of food available is lost annually.

A 1/2-cup serving has about 15 calories, plus it contributes some fiber, vitamin C, potassium, B vitamins and beta carotene to the diet.

Cleaning your cutting boards thoroughly and replacing them when necessary is a way to maintain food safety in your home.

When selecting fresh green beans, look for beans that are deep green and straight, and snap easily.

We usually associate foodborne botulism with foods improperly canned at home, but other foods also have been implicated.

Have a healthy respect for grills.

Do you know how to do the butcher wrap, drugstore wrap and the casserole wrap?

As a late-night comedian famously showed with his “person on the street” interviews, people do not necessarily know what “gluten” is.