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WSU Consumer Food Safety

Food Safety in a Minute.

Food Safety in a Minute

Food Safety in a Minute from Washington State University Extension answers the most commonly asked questions from consumers. This minute-long podcast offers handy, easy-to-apply tips to avoid food-borne illness. This series delves into issues ranging from holiday food safety to packing school lunches, how to store canned food, and more.

Discover how to safely preserve the bounty of the Northwest harvest with quick, research-based tips you can trust. Each episode has a printed transcript with valuable research-based resources and links. Explore canning, freezing, drying, fermenting, jams and jellies, pickling, and more— everything you need to confidently protect the health of your family and friends.

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Recent Food Safety in a Minute Episodes

  • FSM 396: The Multistate Cyclospora Outbreak is Solved Transcript [Music] From Washington State University Extension, this is Food Safety in a Minute. There’s a multi-state outbreak of an illness caused by the microscopic parasite cyclospora. People become infected by consuming contaminated food or water. Symptoms typically develop about a week later. Symptoms include diarrhea, loss of appetite, stomach cramps, bloating, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, […]
  • FSM 395: Cottage Food Law: Selling Jams and Jellies from Home Transcript [Music] Welcome to Food Safety in a Minute, I’m Susie Craig. Did you know Washington State Cottage Food Law allows approved individuals to prepare and sell certain low-risk foods, including jams and jellies, from their home kitchens directly to consumers. To operate legally, obtain a cottage food permit from the state. Follow specific food […]
  • FSM 394: From Kitchen to Fair: How Home Preserved Foods are Judged Transcript [Music] I’m Susie Craig, this is Food Safety in a Minute. Every time you preserve food at home, shop at a farmers’ market or farm stand, or enter a county fair or festival, you are judging or being judged. The National Center for Home Food Preservation offers a 110-page guide titled Judging Home Preserved […]

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Consumer Food Safety Articles

Canning Seafood Safely

The catch is in and there are too many fish to fry and eat immediately. Canning is a popular method …

Cooking Outdoors Safely

Cooking outdoors was once only a summer activity shared with family and friends. Now more than half …

Decoding Food Dates

Do the dates on food packages puzzle you? What about those letters and numbers? If you are confused …