We are about the enter the favorite time of year for so many people. I am personally here for every bit of fall after it seems that summer was miserably hot this year. Summer 2024 just seemed to fly by and I hope to enjoy fall a bit more. Today we are going to look at some fall food safety tips to keep everyone as safe as possible as we are leaf peeping and enjoying all things pumpkin, bonfire, hay ride and anything in between. Best of all I literally can’t wait for college football and a nice warm bowl of chili!
Did you know that 97% of people who are preparing food do not wash their hands properly or not at all? This is quite shocking to me, but has been proven over and over. I think covid and the shortage of hand soap should have taught us that people were definitely not washing their hands nearly enough before the pandemic. This poor hand hygiene caused participants to cross-contaminate other spice containers, refrigerator handles, even ready-to-eat foods and other areas of their kitchen with a harmless tracer bacteria. Make sure you wash your hands for a full 20 seconds and dry them with a clean towel. For certain activities where a sink with running water is not available, you can use disposable moist towelettes to get your hands nice and clean.
This is officially tailgate season so we have to remember our tailgate food safety tips too!
What about the pot luck dinners?
So many people assume cooler temperatures mean they can “slack off” on the food safety but I tend to practice the same tips year round just to keep myself accountable especially when we are hosting family members and friends for gatherings. There is nothing I love more than a fall get together where everyone can stay into the evening hours, add a hoodie and a camp fire (keep an eye out for an article about that, too) and just enjoy the company of those we love.
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