1. Home
  2. Food & Drink
  3. Home Cooking

Food Safety Resources

Food safety resources and information.

Turkey and Food Safety

Turkey requires important handling practices in order to avoid foodborne illness. Learn how to properly cook turkey.

Stuffing and Dressing Food Safety

Proper cooking techniques are important to avoid foodborne illness in stuffings and dressings. Find out how to keep it safe.

Homemade Baby Food Safety

Homemade Baby Food Recipes and Cooking Information. Cooking equipment and safety tips for making baby food.

CNN Interactive Cooking Outdoor Safety Tips

CNN has safety tips to be sure your outdoor foods are safe for consumption.

Consumer Guide to Safe Food Handling

Information on safe food handling, including some nice charts for cold storage and cooking temperatures, from Mississippi State University Extension Service.

Summer Food Safety

Summer food safety tips and hints from Nebraska Cooperative Extension.

Feeding A Crowd Safely

Party planning, preparation and serving tips from Mississippi State University Extension Service.

Food Safety Publications

These publications cover a wide variety of food safety issues, many on specific food items and seasonal foods from Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Holiday or Party Buffet Safety Tips

Descriptions of the most common foodborne illnesses and how to avoid them from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Party-Safe Foods

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has information to keep your party foods safe.

Safe Food In A Hurry

Tips and hints on how to properly handle foods from the store, including those precooked items, from Mississippi State University Extension Service.

Safe Handling and Preparation of Ground Beef

How to safely handle, store and cook America's most popular meat, from Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Summer Food Handling

Special instructions on how to handle foods during hot weather from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service. Requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Top 10 Reasons to Handle Your Food Safely

This is one Top 10 list you shouldn't miss. The name says it all, also from the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Explore Home Cooking

About.com Special Features

New Year, New You

Advice and how-to guides for making and keeping all your resolutions. More >

All-Star Football Food

Try these gameday recipes that are sure to please any fan. More >

  1. Home
  2. Food & Drink
  3. Home Cooking
  4. Kitchen Safety
  5. Food Safety

©2010 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.