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Edited by: Stephanie Wallner, M.S., Mary Schroeder, M.S., R.D, Pat Kendall, Ph.D., R.D., Colorado State - Fall 2006
Hurricane Katrina Aftermath: Keeping Food Safe During Flooding and Power Outages
Although the hurricane season is past, the after effects are still on everyone's mind. The FSIS website has several useful consumer food safety bulletins. Go to http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/NR_082905_01/index.asp.
"Is It DONE Yet?" Kit
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new campaign to promote the use of food thermometers. The campaign aims to raise consumer awareness about food thermometer use in order to ensure that meat, poultry, fish and egg products are "perfectly cooked; perfectly safe." Food safety instructors, health educators and others will find this a wonderful new resource to utilize. Each kit comes with a colorful brochure, poster and handy refrigerator magnet showing safe end-point cooking temperatures for various foods. Additionally, the kit comes with a DVD containing pdf files, radio PSAs and printer-ready art files. Materials are available to download from the website at http://www.IsItDoneYet.gov or request by email, IsItDoneYet@fsis.usda.gov.
CSU Food Processing Support Services
CSU's Food Processing Lab can provide food processing support services in the areas of product development and testing, nutritional analysis (based on ingredients and formulation provided by the client), and product labeling. Prices vary according to the consulting or analytical services performed. For more information, call 970-491-3874, or visit the website at: http://www.cahs.colostate.edu/fshn/foodsupport.asp.
