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Be Food Safe: Four Easy Lessons in Safe Food Handling. Food handling safety risks at home are more common than most people think. Read about the four easy lessons of clean, separate, cook, and chill to help prevent harmful bacteria from making your family sick. 8 pp. (2007. FSIS) 618T. Free. A pdf version is available

Diabetes Recipes. Five tasty and easy-to-follow recipes for people with diabetes. Nutrition facts for each dish help you keep track of what you are eating. 5 pp. (2005. FDA) 565T. Free. A pdf version is available A Spanish version is available

Food Safety at Home. Follow these four easy rules to prevent food-borne illness. 2 pp. (2007. FDA) 616T. Free. A pdf version is available A Spanish version is available

Food Safety for Seniors. Older people are at a higher risk of becoming ill from eating raw foods. Learn what foods to avoid and why. 2 pp. (2007. FDA) 617T. Free. A pdf version is available A Spanish version is available

Is It Done Yet?. The only safe way to know if meat, poultry, and egg dishes are fully cooked is to use a food thermometer. Get tips on using one, plus a temperature chart, in this handy guide. 7 pp. (2007. FSIS) 619T. Free.

Keep Your Food Safe. Provides tips on the safe handling, cooking and storage of food in order to avoid food-borne illness. 20 pp. (. FDA) 642K. Free.

Listeria. You can get very sick from this bacterium. It grows on ready-to-eat foods that are kept too long--even in the fridge. Lists foods to avoid and others that need special handling. 2 pp. (2007. FDA) 602T. Free. A pdf version is available A Spanish version is available

Restaurant and Take-Out Safety. Food safety tips to follow whether you're eating out, getting food to take away, or bringing home leftovers in a doggie bag. 2 pp. (2007. FDA) 615T. Free. A pdf version is available A Spanish version is available

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