Holiday meal food safety

Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– A recent foodborne illness outbreak in Kansas affecting 159 people has been linked to a turkey dinner served at a church function.
– Recent research has shown that when washing poultry, the pathogens can be spread within 3 ft of the sink, which might include already prepared fixins.
– The only way to know whether the turkey is done is with a tip-sensitive digital thermometer reading at least 165°F.

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Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.