Category: Food Safety
Pack Your Food (Safety) When Traveling
June 3, 2019
Summer is coming... Which means vacations are coming too. Travelers may know what to pack and how to prepare. However, some destinations may require planning for things we don't really consider - like food safety. Food safety practices ... READ MORE
Category: Food Safety, Work & LifeTags: Food Safety, Travel Tips
Regulatory Requirements to Start a Food Business for Acidified Food and Low-Acid Canned Food
May 28, 2019
In order to start and run a commercial food business, it is imperative to review regulations, safety, labeling, processing and marketing features. UF/IFAS has a series of publications on helping to run a successful food related business. It ... READ MORE
Category: Food SafetyTags: Food Entrepreneurship
Grilling Food Safely
May 22, 2019
Summer time is the time for grilling, cookouts, and barbecues! But as the summer temperatures rise so does your risk of foodborne illness. The following can help keep your friends and family safe. Shopping Safe food handling begins at the ... READ MORE
Category: Food Safety, Work & LifeTags: Food, Health And Wellness
Building a Partnership in Brazil
May 2, 2019
A small group of administrators from Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) in Brazil filed into the UF/IFAS Institute for Sustainable Food Systems meeting space Thursday morning. Greeting them was Dr. Jack Payne, UF senior vice president for agricultural ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS TeachingTags: Federal University Of Lavras, Jack Payne, Pedro Sanchez, Ramesh Reddy, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department, Soil Water And Ecosystem Sciences
Beyond Cottage Food Products: What’s pH have to do with it?
April 24, 2019
Florida’s Cottage Food Law allows food entrepreneurs to use their home kitchen to produce food products that are considered not potentially hazardous. Gross sales for a cottage food operation must not exceed $50,000 annually, require no license ... READ MORE
Category: Food SafetyTags: Acidified, BBQ Sauce, Canned Food, Canned Fruits And Vegetables, Cottage Food, Farmer's Market, Flavored Oils, Food Business, Food Entrepreneurship, Food Safety, Hot Sauces, Low Acid, Marinades, Matt Krug, Pepper Jelly, PH, Pickles, Processing, Salsas, Sauces, Value Added
EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTER-AGENT COLLABORATION THROUGH FOOD SAFETY V. Zabala, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County, Orlando, FL, and G. Murza, UF/IFAS Extension Osceola County, Kissimmee, FL.
April 15, 2019
Situation: Per the Centers for Disease Control, 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne illness in the United States each year. Foodborne illness can be prevented in many cases by practicing safe food ... READ MORE
Category: Food Safety, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & LifeTags: 2019, 2019 UF/IFAS Central District Symposium, Family & Consumer Sciences, FCS, Food Safety, Murza, UF/IFAS Extension Orange County, Zabala
ServSafe Class Coming to Dade City March 26th
March 11, 2019
The ServSafe Manager’s class and exam session will be offered again Pasco County. ServSafe is the national food safety certification for those working in the food industry. Whether your current certification is about to expire and your employer ... READ MORE
Category: Food SafetyTags: Class, Food Safety, ServSafe, Training