Custard-filled baked goods linked to at least 73 illnesses including 30 hospitalizations

Food Safety Infosheet Highlights:
– Because raw eggs can carry Salmonella, use pasteurized eggs as a replacement in dishes such as custard.
– Clean and sanitize equipment between use to avoid cross-contamination when working with eggs.
– Know which products contain raw eggs and refrigerate to reduce the potential for Salmonella growth.

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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.