DID YOU KNOW THAT you
may be having uninvited guests
over for the holidays?

Salmonellosis is a food-bome
illness commonly traced to im-
properly cooked poultry (maybe
your Christmas Turkey!!!). Sal-
monella is a bacterial that mulli-
plies in the intestines of humans
and animals. It invades the human
intestine and causes illness. The
bacteria is commonly found in
raw poultry, eggs, meat and wi-
pasteurized milk.

Control is a simple matter. Just
follow the basic rules for safe
food preparation:

1. THAW MEATS, ESPE-
CIALLY POULTRY, SAFELY.
You'll have to plan several days
in advance, bul the safest method
is in the fridge. If you can’t
manage to thaw it in the fridge,
set the wrapped bird under cold
rinning water until it is thawed
completely. Thawing under cold
running water is faster and safer
than thawing at room tempera~
ture. Another methad is to wrap
the bird with several layers of

paper, this keeps the outside of
the meat cold and slows the
growth of bacteria.

2. WASH YOUR HANDS
thoroughly before preparing
foods and after handling raw
meat and poultry.

3, AVOID CONTACT BE-
TWEEN RAW. AND COOKED
FOODS. Wash all surfaces that
have contacted raw meat or
poultry in hot soapy water as
soon as you have used them. This
includes hands, knives, cutting
boards, trays, and all other
utensils,

4, COOK THE DRESSING
SEPARATELY. Basting with the
juices from the pan will give it a
"cooked in the bird" flavour.

5. CHECK THE INTERNAL
TERMPERATURE OF THE
TURKEY. .Use a meat
thermometer 10 make sure, The
temperature at the centre of the
bird or the dressing must be 74
Celcius (165 Fahrenheit) before
you consider it done. The juices
should be clear with no pink
colour next to the bone.

6. USH ONLY CLEAN

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UTENSILS and platters to carve.

and serve meats and poultry.

7. DON’T LET PERISHABLE
FOODS SIT AT ~ ROOM
TEMPERATURE for more than
two hours. Serve dinner as soon
as the food is done and refrigerate
leftovers as soon as the meal is

over, Keeping food refrigerator -
* cold or piping hot is oe of the best

ways to fight bacteria.

A few other reminders to help
prevent salmonellosis:

*don’t use cracked or dirty eggs

avoid using raw eggs in ege.
nogs and other foods

*usc only pasteurized milk and
milk products,

These tips should help ensure
your guests remember your fabu-
lous dinner instead of illness they
suffered!

Have a safe and happy holiday
season.

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concerns? Write us at:

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