Food Safety

Grilling steak. (Adobe Stock │ #297395181 - arinahabich)
Food Safety, Home and Family, Outdoors

Spring grilling season brings renewed focus on food safety

As warmer weather draws people outdoors, food safety should remain top of mind for anyone firing up the grill this spring. Read More

Person holding wooden crate box of vegetables and fruit from organic garden. (Adobe Stock │ 422800358 - Дмитрий Сидор)
Food Safety, Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

How to donate homegrown produce to a food shelf

Mushrooms in male hands. Porcini mushrooms. (Adobe Stock │ #377228636 - greenoline)
Food Safety, Home and Family

Wild mushroom hunting gains fans, but experts urge caution



Cooking pickled vegetables. Salting various vegetables in glass jars for long-term storage. (Adobe Stock │ #275525226- senteliaolga)

Make a plan for preserving foods before you plant this spring

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Woman chef in a restaurant in the kitchen pour salt into a large bowl of salad. (Adobe Stock │ #473985028 - Andrii Lysenko)

ServSafe Food Handler trainings offered

Leg of lamb in stainless steel slow cooker with hand string the pot. (iStock │ #464922016 - FredaRoetjens)

Slow cookers and food safety

Close up of boy hands carving dough with cookie heart cutters. (Adobe Stock │ #409674758 - maxbelchenko)

K-State food scientist touts risk of eating raw flour and eggs

Close-up of woman putting the dish with roast turkey and potatoes on the dining table for Thanksgiving Day (Photo: Adobe Stock │ #295108810 - AnnaStills)

How to safely prepare and cook meats for the holidays

Close-up of Thanksgiving turkey during family dinner at dining table. (Adobe Stock │ #454595209 - Drazen)

Turkey safety myths roasted

  • By Andrea Schmutz and Callie Adams │ Utah State University Extension
Smoked turkey on bbq grill. (iStock │ #1444566014 - Anthony Jackson)

How to cook a turkey outside of the oven

  • By Madeline Drake │ K-State Research and Extension news service
Cautious girl checking the smell of her diary product. (iStock │ #1838896474 - nicoletaionescu)

Foul odor in you refrigerator or freezer could be a food safety issue

  • By Pat Melgares │ K-State Research and Extension news service