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Halloween Safety Tips

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October 26, 2015

From costumes to candy, keep this holiday safe and fun with our Halloween safety tips. Costumes Choose Safer Materials Fabric can easily catch fire if it brushes too close to a candle-lit jack-o'-lantern or luminary, so choose flame-resistant ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Relationships & Family, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Family Hot Topic, Halloween Candy, Halloween Costumes, Halloween Decorating, Halloween Safety, Halloween Safety Tips, Trick-or-treating
Raw pork being butchered at the University of Florida's meat lab.

Sous Vide Cookery: Foodservice Application for Larger, Less Tender Cuts

by Amanda Quintos
October 20, 2015

Meat with an abundance of connective tissue presents a certain challenge to cooks who want to make it more tender while still properly eliminating pathogens that cause foodborne illness. Sous vide cookery provides precise temperature control ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Work & Life
Tags: Animal Sciences Department, Chad Carr, Derek Griffing, Dwain Johnson, Foodservice, Jason Scheffler, João Neto, Kaylie Madore, Meat, Sous Vide Cooking
Chickens feeding in their coop. Photos from the Smathers Archives.

Avian Diseases Transmissible to Humans

by Amanda Quintos
October 19, 2015

Anyone who keeps birds, whether as pets or as production animals, should be aware that certain avian diseases can be transmitted to humans. The seriousness of the disease in humans varies with human hosts' age, overall health, and immune status ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Livestock, Pests & Disease
Tags: Animal Sciences Department, Avian Diseases, Chickens, F. Ben Mather, Gary D. Butcher, Hygiene, Livestock, Major Revision, Michael A. Davis, Safety, Zoonoses

Keep It Clean: Kitchen Sponges

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October 19, 2015

Sponges are versatile for cleaning throughout the house. One of the most common places to use a sponge is the kitchen. Kitchen sponges may be used to wash dishes and clean counters, but they can also collect bacteria and viruses in the process. ... READ MORE

Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, SFYL Hot Topic, Work & Life
Tags: Cleaning Kitchen Sponges, Families And Consumers, Family Hot Topic, Health And Nutrition, Kitchen Sponges, Microwaving Sponges

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