SAFE FOOD STORAGE TEMPERATURES
Posted on Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Tips for a Safe Cook-out
Don’t you just love to have outdoor cook-outs during the long, summer days? It’s great family fun for all, but it is important to take steps to keep your family safe and healthy while you prepare for grilling, the clean up activities and food storage afterwards. Here are some important tips to remember:
- Since you will be using raw meat for grilling, it is important to begin by washing your hands with warm, soapy water for at least 20 seconds before and after handling raw meat and poultry.
- Wash the cutting boards, utensils and dishes with hot, soapy water. Immediately clean up spills.
- Keep raw meat, fish and poultry away from other food that will not be cooked.
- Use separate cutting boards for raw meat, poultry and egg products and also cooked foods.
- Eat ground beef or ground beef patties only if they have been cooked to a safe internal temperature of 160 degrees.
- You cannot always look at the color of ground beef as a reliable indicator that it has been cooked to a temperature high enough to kill harmful bacteria.
- Use a meat thermometer to measure the internal temperature of ground beef to make sure it was cooked to a high enough temperature to kill harmful bacteria.
- Refrigerate raw meat and poultry within two hours after purchase or one hour if the temperature exceeds 90 degrees.
- Refrigerate cooked meat and poultry within two hours after cooking.
If you follow these simple and easy safety tips, then your family barbeques will be enjoyable for all!
About the Author
Retired social services administrator, Shirley McNeal, owner of My Southern Home Place … The Wholesale Bargain Store located at http://www.mysouthernhomeplace.com brought this article for your information. The next time you are shopping online, come by our store to see our wholesale products at fabulous wholesale prices. We offer these savings for consumers and resellers alike. We are a family-owned and family-operated little southern store and we take pride in bringing you real bargains. When you shop with us, it is our hope that you will feel the comfort of our store and enjoy your shopping experience. We celebrate families, children, health and home and our business reflects these core values. We invite you to come by to see if our products and services match the needs you have for yourself or your business. Looking for great bargains… shop and save at our southern store today.
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