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Cooking Matters at Home with Ferguson-Florissant School District

Event date: Sept. 7, 2021 - Oct. 26, 2021

Cooking Matters at Home is a culinary education program during which participants learn how to prepare healthy, delicious meals and stretch their food dollars by using foods they have available. This course is geared towards families with each class ...

Cooking Matters at Home - Birthright St. Louis

Event date: Oct. 12, 2021 - Oct. 26, 2021

Cooking Matters at Home is a culinary education course during which participants learn how to prepare healthy, delicious meals and stretch their food dollars by using foods they have available. This course is geared towards families and each class ...

Quality for Keeps: Home Food Preservation

Preserving your garden’s bounty from one year to the next, knowing exactly what is in your food and making special gifts for friends are just some of the reasons for preserving foods at home. Home food preservation is safe if done correctly. ...

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Free produce safety training offered for fruit, vegetable growers

Published: Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Missouri and Kansas produce growers can enroll in free workshops to meet training requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Both in-person and online workshops are scheduled for the next ...

When the power goes out, don’t be in the dark about food safety

Published: Thursday, April 1, 2021

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – When the power goes out, the clock starts ticking on the safety of your refrigerated and frozen foods.Meats, seafood, ice cream, cut produce and even leftover pizza can become susceptible to foodborne contaminants in just a few ...

Be there in spirit by safely sending holiday foods

Published: Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – COVID-19 is keeping many from traveling to see friends and family for the holidays, but you can be there in spirit by sending your special homemade fudge to your mom or cookies to your favorite niece.“Everyone likes to get ...

Holiday food safety tips

Published: Monday, Nov. 16, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Due to COVID-19, many are choosing to celebrate Thanksgiving in smaller groups this year. That could mean a lot of people will be preparing a turkey and all the trimmings on their own for the first time.“I remember the first ...

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Fourth Grade Curriculum: Choosing Foods for Me, Fifth Edition

Publication date: March 1, 2021

$30.00

Students will use the current USDA food graphic to learn the recommended amounts of food to eat from the five food groups each day. They learn to read and use food labels to make healthy food choices and how to make healthy choices when eating out. ...

Sampling Safely at Farmers Markets

Publication date: March 1, 2021

Farmers market vendors will find tips for safely offering samples to patrons in this publication, as well as a summary of sampling regulations. Directions and estimated costs for sanitizing stations are included.TopicsFood ...

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2020, No. 6 (November/December)

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2020

Preparing for the Unexpected — Home Canning WaterSevere weather, snowstorms, unexpected power outages — all of these and more may lead to a compromised water supply in your community or home. While commercially bottled water is readily available ...

Choosing Foods for Me — Newsletter for Fourth Grade Curriculum Lesson 11: Hunger

Publication date: Nov. 1, 2020

$11.15

This newsletter corresponds with Lesson 11 of the Show Me Nutrition Fourth Grade curriculum. Hunger is a worldwide problem that is still present in the U.S. and is often caused by poverty. This newsletter covers the topic of hunger and ways that ...

Third Grade Curriculum: Building MyBody, Fifth Edition

Publication date: Oct. 23, 2020

$45.00

Students use the current USDA food graphic to plan meals and choose foods from all the food groups. They are encouraged to start the day with breakfast and learn to pay attention to body cues that help them know when they have eaten and exercised ...

Preserve It Fresh, Preserve It Safe: 2020, No. 5 (September/October)

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2020

Avoid Dangerous Canning MethodsInterest in home gardening has skyrocketed, prompting many people to try home canning for the first time. Due to increased demand, canning equipment is difficult to find. Extension centers are being bombarded with ...

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A Consumer's Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes

From the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Foodborne Outbreaks

During a multistate foodborne disease outbreak, CDC serves as lead coordinator between public health partners to detect the outbreak, define its size and extent, and to identify the source. The goal is to investigate and control outbreaks, and to ...

Food and Nutrition Information Center

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Food product dating: What do those dates mean?

Food Safety Fact Sheet - We don’t want to serve outdated food, but we also don’t want to throw food away unnecessarily. Here are a few tips for interpreting the confusing food product codes in the US, some of which aren't even related to food ...

Food safety after a flood: Extension consumer food safety fact sheet (PDF)

Read this fact sheet to find out which canned food can be disinfected and used and which food must be thrown away following exposure to floodwater.

Foodsafety.gov

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) serve important roles in ensuring food safety in the United ...

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