{"id":5350,"date":"2024-04-03T14:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T18:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/blue-ridge\/?page_id=5350"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:04:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T20:04:34","slug":"food-safety-at-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/blue-ridge\/food-safety-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Safety at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsafety.gov\/keep-food-safe\/4-steps-to-food-safety\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">Four Steps to Food Safety<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsafety.gov\/blog\/food-safety-and-eating-out#:~:text=Avoid%20lukewarm%20food.,F%20and%20140%C2%B0F.\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\">Food Safety and Eating Out<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fsis.usda.gov\/food-safety\/safe-food-handling-and-preparation\/food-safety-basics\/tailgating-food-safety-q#:~:text=If%20you%20keep%20the%20insulated,measured%20with%20a%20food%20thermometer.\">Food Safety When Tailgating Q &amp; A<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsafety.gov\/blog\/how-grill-safely-summer\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">How to Grill Safely at Home<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/preventing_potluck_paranoia_e3246\">How to Avoid Potluck Paranoia<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndsu.edu\/agriculture\/extension\/publications\/keep-food-safe-community-dinners-and-potlucks\">Keeping Food Safe at Community and Church Dinners<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsafety.gov\/recalls-and-outbreaks\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Food Recalls and Foodborne Illness Outbreaks<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsis.usda.gov\/recalls\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Recalls and Public Health Alerts<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsafety.gov\/food-safety-charts\/food-safety-during-power-outage\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Food Safety During Power Outage<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foodsafety.gov\/keep-food-safe\/foodkeeper-app\">FoodKeeper App<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">&#8211; <\/span><\/span>The FoodKeeper is a shelf life guide indexed by name of food product.\u00a0 This will help you determine how long you can store food products\u00a0 to ensure quality, freshness, and safety.\u00a0 By following this guide, you will be able to keep items fresh longer than if they were not stored properly. It was developed by the USDA&#8217;s Food Safety and Inspection Service, with Cornell University and the Food Marketing Institute. 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