Food Safety Infosheet Highlights: 
– Mankato, MN civic center catering company linked to virus outbreak at two separate events
– Investigators trace outbreak to multiple food handlers who were ill
– Don’t handle food while ill; especially if you have symptoms like diarrhea (when transmission is likely) or vomiting (as virus particles may be spread to hands, clothes and other surfaces).
Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– Holiday turkey meals have been linked to outbreaks of salmonellosis and campylobacterosis
– Wash your hands after handling and preparing turkey
– Cook turkey to an internal temperature of 165°F.
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights: 
Holiday meals have been linked to outbreaks of many pathogens including Salmonella, Campylobacter, Clostridium perfringens and Staphylococcus aureus. Cooking for a crowd larger than normal, whether in the home or in a community kitchen, can lead to mistakes at the expense of food safety.
– Clean and sanitize utensils and work surfaces after preparing raw turkey for roasting.
– Color is not an indicator of safety or doneness.
– Turkey should be cooled to 41°F quickly.
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Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– UK Food Standard Agency has recently reported the results of a study demonstrating spray of bacteria up to 3 feet from the kitchen sink after poultry was washed.
– Clean and sanitize utensils and work surfaces after preparing raw poultry.
– Wash and dry hands after handling and preparing poultry as well as following dishwashing.
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– Outbreak has led to 2 deaths and 178 illnesses and is associated with cantaloupes sold by Chamberlin Farms, located in Owensville IN.
– Chamberlin Farms has announced a recall; the investigation is continuing as it is possible that there are other sources of illnesses.
– Refrigerate cantaloupes quickly after slicing. Bacteria such as Salmonella and Listeria can grow quickly on the orange flesh of the fruit when held above 41°F.
– Due to the roughness of the rind, it is difficult to wash away much of the bacteria.
– Using a scrub brush under running water (especially at the cut point) can reduce the risk of pathogen introduction.
– 2 deaths and 141 illnesses are associated with cantaloupes grown in Indiana.
– Refrigerate cantaloupes quickly after slicing. Bacteria such as Salmonella and Listeria can grow quickly on the orange flesh of the fruit when held above 41°F.
– Due to the roughness of the rind, it is difficult to wash away much of the bacteria.
– Using a scrub brush under running water (especially at the cut point) can reduce the risk of pathogen introduction.
Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– Storing low-acid foods in a jar and sealing them without either acidifying or processing using pressure creates the ideal conditions for toxin formation.
– Tested recipes and directions for safe canning can be found at the National Center for Home Food Preservation:
nchfp.uga.edu.
– In 1977, 59 patrons of a Detroit Mexican restaurant became ill with botulism after consuming improperly canned peppers after restaurant staff put lightly-cooked peppers and water in jars and sealed them.
– Low acid foods (pH greater than 4.6) like beets cannot be safely canned using a boiling water bath unless acidified according to a tested recipe.
Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– Over 20 customers of a California pizza kitchen restaurant were ill with vomitting, diarrhea, cramps and nausea.
– Three food handlers were also part of the outbreak.
– Don’t handle food while ill; especially if you have symptoms like diarrhea (when tranmission is likely) or vomiting (as virus particles may be spread to hands, clothes and other surfaces).
– Unless noted on packaging, treat tempeh as a raw food.
– Knives, cutting boards and other food contact surfaces must be cleaned and sanitized between preparation and use with ready-to-eat foods.
– Salmonella and other pathogens can grow during the tempeh production process.
– Wash hands after handling any potentially contaminated food or packaging (especially those that are leaking).
Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– Among the 116 illnesses are 12 hospitalizations.
– The implicated product, processed and distributed by Moon Marine USA Corporation (also known as MMI) of Cupertino, Calif. is made of tuna back meat, which is scraped off the bones and looks like ground product.
– The product is not available for sale to individual consumers, but may have been used in food service and retail to make sushi, sashimi, ceviche and similar dishes.
– Moon Marine USA Corporation or MMI and Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA were printed on boxes of the product when it was initially sold to distributors. Boxes may have been broken into smaller lots for further sale.