UD’s Cooperative Extension Health and Well-being team brings you food safety information to help protect against foodborne illness all year long. Foodborne illness occurs when food is contaminated ...

It's easy to understand the importance of washing fresh produce and following standard kitchen safety rules when cooking with raw meat, but we don't typically think of frozen foods as hotbeds for ...

Sorry ahead of time for what you’re about to read. But according to a recent report, Pennsylvania is one of the top five worst states when it comes to bacterial contamination in retail meat. This ...

Every year, around 600 million people are struck down by foodborne illnesses. The culprits are often common yet dangerous bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella, that thrive in undercooked or ...

Harmful pathogens need to be cooked to be eliminated, as heat kills them, said Detwiler. A big issue with lettuce is it’s ...