FOOD SAFETY 


Take It Outside!


Keeping alfresco dining healthy


With summer comes picnic and barbecue season, a time to socialize with friends and family while relax- ing outdoors. But with temperatures heating up, it’s important to remember that some foods aren’t meant to be sitting in the sun for hours and the last thing anyone wants is for foodborne illness to spoil the fun.


Avoiding Foodborne Illness According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year one in six Americans — roughly 48 million people — gets sick due to food- borne illness. Of those who get sick, 128,000 are hos- pitalized and 3,000 die. Foodborne illness tends to rise during the summer months, in part due to the higher temperatures and more foods being served outdoors.


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