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When in Doubt: Microgreens or Sprouts?

When in Doubt: Microgreens or Sprouts?

Have you ever been told to “eat the rainbow”? Well how about a “little green” for the Saint Patrick’s Day holiday!

Cue microgreens! Or as some may say, the gold at the end of the rainbow.

Food Safety Tips & ToolsGuest UserMarch 14, 2023KeepSafe Food, LLCfood safety, microgreens, sprouts, plant based eating, superfoods, growing microgreensComment

How Many Germs Are Hiding Out in Your Water Bottle?

How Many Germs Are Hiding Out in Your Water Bottle?

Depending on how often you clean your reusable water bottle, it can harbor over 900,000 CFUs per square centimeter. What’s a CFU? It’s a colony forming unit, meaning it’s living bacteria that’s ready to multiply under the right conditions. Here’s a point of comparison: Are you a pet owner? That’s almost 20 times as many germs found on your furry friend’s water bowl! Would you drink from that?

Food Safety Tips & ToolsGuest UserOctober 6, 2022water bottle, reusable water bootle, cleaning water bottles, dirty water bottles, food safety, water bottle safety, water bottle sanitationComment

KeepSafe Food’s Kitchen Safety Gadget Guide

KeepSafe Food’s Kitchen Safety Gadget Guide

There are over 100,000 kitchen accidents every year! Don’t let one ruin you holiday feast.

Gifts & GuidesMary MillerOctober 19, 2021stocking stuffers, food safety dietitian, food safety, refrigerator magnet, chopping matsComment

How to Clean Your Home Like a Hospital Room Shopping Guide

How to Clean Your Home Like a Hospital Room Shopping Guide

Here’s where to find the items mentioned in How to Clean Your Home Like A Hospital Room High Touch Points Blog

Gifts & GuidesMary MillerMay 9, 2020food safety dietitian, food safety, Covid-19 sanitation, covid-19Comment

Kevin would have turned 21 this month...

Kevin would have turned 21 this month...

Barb Kowalcyk, my friend, colleague and scientist, lost her son, Kevin, to a foodborne illness, then dedicated her life to preventing others from the same fate.

10 for $10 Food Safety Stocking Stuffers

10 for $10 Food Safety Stocking Stuffers

Dietitian Recommended. Dietitian Approved. Learn how I decided what made the short list.

Gifts & GuidesMary MillerDecember 10, 2019stocking stuffers, food safety dietitian, food safety, refrigerator magnet, chopping matsComment

Talking Turkey with THE Butterball Turkey Talk Line

Talking Turkey with THE Butterball Turkey Talk Line

Washing and rinsing turkey spreads germs. So why does Butterball recommend doing so?

Seasonal Food SafetyMary MillerNovember 25, 2019Thanksgiving Food safety, food safety dietitian, food safety, don't wash poultry, Butterball, Food Safety Dietitian, brining turkeyComment

Is Pet Love Risky?

Is Pet Love Risky?

Give your pets the same consideration as your other family members when it comes to cleaning and sanitation practices.

Waste or Taste?

Waste or Taste?

There’s a fine moral line between being food safe and enabling food waste.

Safe & SustainableMary MillerJuly 31, 2019KeepSafe Food, LLCfood safety, produce, clean produce, leftovers, take out foods, food safety kits, consumer food safety, food waste, recycling, composting, waste free kitchen

What’s on Your Chopping Block?

What’s on Your Chopping Block?

Cutting boards take a beating all year long, especially during the holiday season. Here’s How to use them safely.

Food Safety Tips & ToolsMary MillerDecember 27, 2018KeepSafe Food, LLCfood safety, germs, cutting boards, chopping mats, cutting mats, cross contamination, protect your plate, consumer food safety, personal food safety, food safety kits

You Don’t Want a Side of Salmonella with that Burger..or for that matter, with your Turkey either!

You Don’t Want a Side of Salmonella with that Burger..or for that matter, with your Turkey either!

Shocked to hear of a turkey recall just days before Thanksgiving?

Fortunately, it was not whole turkeys but rather ground turkey.

Seasonal Food SafetyMary MillerDecember 9, 2018KeepSafe Food, LLCfood safety, germs, salmonella, e-coli, romaine, recall, consumer food safety, food safety kits, personal food safety, protect your plate, turkey recall, Thanksgiving Food safety, salmonella turkey, poultry food poisoning

Are you Living on Leftovers?

Are you Living on Leftovers?

If you answered yes, Guest Blogger Caroline O’Connor’s next question is… how long will you be living to tell the tale?

Food Safety Tips & ToolsMary MillerNovember 19, 2018KeepSafe Food, LLCfood safety, produce, leftovers, take out foods, personal food safety, protect your plate, food safety kit, food safety kits, consumer food safety, restaurant lefto vers, restaurant leftovers, food safety dietitian, KeepSafeFood, foodborne illness

Wash, Rinse, Scrub... Repeat?

Wash, Rinse, Scrub... Repeat?

Personal Trainer Caroline O’Connor gives produce a workout.

Food Safety Tips & ToolsMary MillerOctober 25, 2018KeepSafe Food, LLCfood safety, produce, clean produce, washing fruits, washing vegetables, personal food safety, consumer food safety, food safety dietitian, KeepSafeFood

...and the 3 Winners of Gahanna Jefferson Food Safety Wellness Challenge are:

...and the 3 Winners of Gahanna Jefferson Food Safety Wellness Challenge are:

...and the 3 winners of the Gahanna Jefferson Public Schools Food Safety Kits are:

Food Safety Tips & ToolsMary MillerDecember 15, 2017KeepSafe Food, LLCfood safety, germs, food safety kit, protect your plate, food safety kits, consumer food safety, personal food safety, GJPS, Gahanna Jefferson Public Schools, refrigerator magnetComment

5 Seconds and Counting

5 Seconds and Counting

Five-Second Rule- Debunked!

*Drops food on the floor* Thinks...“Five-second rule!”. *Eats the food*. We’re all guilty...

Food Safety NewsMary MillerNovember 20, 2017KeepSafe Food, LLCfood safety, five second rule, germs, consumer food safety, food safety dietitian, keepsafe foodComment

CLEAN Your Produce, NOT Your Chicken! Gahanna Senior Center

CLEAN Your Produce, NOT Your Chicken! Gahanna Senior Center

What’s top of mind for Seniors & Food safety? And Lu and me in our personalized aprons that are special because of their connections.

Food Safety Tips & ToolsMary MillerApril 18, 2017KeepSafe Food, LLCpoultry, chicken, seniors, food safety, food safety kit, salmonella, food poisoning, foodborne illness, food safety kits

Hospital employees sickened after eating baked goods with marijuana: now we know why they call them "POT"lucks:

Hospital employees sickened after eating baked goods with marijuana: now we know why they call them "POT"lucks:

If I was teaching my ServSafe Class, would this type of food contamination be considered:

A: Biological Contamination: B: Physical Contamination? C: Lucky?

Food Safety NewsMary MillerApril 18, 2017marijuana, pot, potluck, food safety, food safety kit, food safety kits, food poisoning, foodborne illness, physical contamination, cross contamination