Food safety, storage and preservation are all important for helping nutritious foods to last, lessen food waste, and prevent foodborne illness.
Food Safety
- How long are foods good for, and what’s up with expiration dates? USDA’s Foodkeeper app will tell you!
- Use Fight BAC! and wash your hands well and often to avoid spreading illness-causing germs.
- HDR’s Food Safety and Preservation page can help with safe home processing.
- For safe handling and recalls check out USDA, UW-Extension, and Foodsafety.gov.
- A cheat sheet on safe Food Temperatures and thermometer use, plus proper food storage guidelines.
- Safety on a budget: homemade cleaning products are less toxic, less expensive, and still effective.
Meat, Poultry, Eggs, and Seafood
USDA’s safety information for beef and pork, chicken and turkey, and eggs. For meat and poultry safety questions, call the USDA hotline.
For seafood, the DNR’s eating your catch – making healthy choices. Mercury and PCBs in local fish, an interactive, online query tool for inland waters, and two-minute videos in English, Español, and Hmoob. Fresh vs. frozen seafood? Check out the USDA’s Selecting and Serving It Safely
