{"id":179,"date":"2016-04-29T15:21:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T15:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/?page_id=179"},"modified":"2024-09-04T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T18:47:12","slug":"food-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/food-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Safety Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<ul class=\"wsu-news-list\">\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/2016\/04\/29\/washing-raw-meat-does-not-protect-against-illness\/\">Washing Raw Meat Does Not Protect Against Illness<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLots of people think that rinsing or soaking meat and poultry improves safety. However, when you cook whole pieces of meat, pork, or poultry, a cooking temperature above160\u00b0F on the surface of the product will destroy any disease causing bacteria. The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline does not recommend washing or rinsing raw beef, pork,&hellip;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-meta-date\"><time>April 29, 2016<\/time><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/2016\/04\/29\/washing-fresh-produce\/\">Washing Fresh Produce<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWashing fresh produce before eating is a healthful habit. Supermarkets, as a rule, don\u2019t wash produce before putting it out, but many stores mist it while its on display.\u00a0 Misting keeps the produce from drying. Small amounts of surface residues do drain off, but may not be enough. You can reduce and often eliminate residues&hellip;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-meta-date\"><time>April 29, 2016<\/time><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t<li>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/2016\/04\/29\/gifts-in-the-mailbox\/\">Gifts in the Mailbox<\/a> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGiving and receiving food packages in the mail for the holidays can be fun, festive and exciting. When mailing food gifts you must consider how well the product will travel and safety. Will the items remain in good condition during the trip and arrive in one piece? If sending perishable foods, will the items still&hellip;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-meta-date\"><time>April 29, 2016<\/time><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t<\/ul>\r\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2191 Back to top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":339,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_expiration_date":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1885,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179\/revisions\/1885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/foodsafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}