Food Safety Features

• Do New Products Enhance or Endanger Food?
• Does Washing Food Promote Food Safety?
• Door-to-Door Meat Sales
• Cleanliness Helps Prevent Foodborne Illness
• Color of Meat and Poultry
• Countdown to the Holiday (also available in PDF)
• Crossing the Border with Meat and Poultry
• Fighting BAC!™ by Chilling Out
• Food Safety in the Kitchen: A "HACCP" Approach
• Food Safety While Hiking, Camping, and Boating
• Handling Food Safely on the Road
• Hock Locks and Other Accoutrements
• How Temperatures Affect Food
• Hotline Answers "Panic Button" Food Safety Questions
• Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency (also available in PDF) (includes power outage information)
• Inspection and Grading: What Are the Differences?
• Is Pink Turkey Meat Safe?
• "No-Show" Guests Jeopardize Food
• Poultry: Basting, Brining, And Marinating
• Seniors Need Wisdom on Food Safety
• The Big Thaw -- Safe Defrosting Methods for Consumers
• The Poultry Label Says "Fresh"
• Top 10 Reasons to Handle Your Food Safely
• Turkey ALT Routes to the Table
• Turkey - From Farm To Freezer
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Food Safety Focus (Background Information)

• Additives in Meat and Poultry Products
• Appliance Thermometers
• Beef...from Farm to Table
• Bison
• Chicken (also available in PDF)
• Corned Beef
• Doneness Versus Safety
• Duck and Goose...from Farm to Table
• Egg Products
• Food Product Dating
• Food Recalls
• Food Safety for Persons with AIDS
• Food Safety Of Farm-Raised Game
• Food Safety of Jerky
• Food Safety of Rabbit
• Foodborne Illness Peaks In Summer -- Why?
• Freezing
• Giblets
• Ground Beef
• Spanish: Enfoque Sobre la Carne Molida de Res
Ham
• Holiday or Party Buffets
• Hot Dogs
• Lamb...from Farm to Table
• Mail Order Food Safety
• Meat and Poultry Labeling Terms
• Meat Packaging Materials
• Molds On Food: Are They Dangerous? (also available in PDF)
• Parasites and Foodborne Illness
• Ratites (Emu, Ostrich and Rhea)
• Refrigeration and Food Safety
• Roasting Those "Other" Holiday Meats
• Safety Of Fresh Pork
• Safety of Veal...from Farm to Table
• Sausages
• Shell Eggs
• Slow Cooker Safety
• Turkey...From Farm to Table
• Water in Meats
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Consumer Information From USDA

(select PDF format for one- or two-page reproducible)

Listeriosis and Food Safety Tips PDF OR text
Also available in Spanish: Listeriosis y Consejos en la Seguridad de los Alimentos PDF OR text

Brochures

• Safe Handling of Complete Meals to Gohtml version (read online)
• PDF version (master for duplicating a tri-fold brochure)

Use A Food Thermometer (featuring Thermy™) html version (read online)

Spanish PDF version (master for duplicating a tri-fold brochure) Spanish PDF version, one-color

For Seniors

• Seniors Need Wisdom on Food Safety
• To Your Health! Food Safety for Seniors

For Foodservice

• Taking Care of Business: Food Safety Resources for Retail and Foodservice Establishments (June 2001) [PDF, 2 pp., 16 x 9"] [text only]Multiple copies: To receive a CD-ROM with a professional printer-ready version of the brochure, send your request to: [email protected]

Graphics & Images

This page will list publications that consist mainly of graphics ("infographics"). An Image Library is available for those who would like to download food safety graphics or artwork from other FSIS publications. Be Safe--Don't Cross-Contaminate (PDF)
Safe Handling Instructions Label - Handouts
	Single label, 408 x 288 px (GIF; 23 KB) [See thumbnail] Reproducible master [approximately 8[FrontPage Include Component] � x 11" with label in 2 sizes] (GIF; 156 KB) Note: The above items are NOT printer quality. Higher resolution files are available from the USDA Design Center, Resources Page .

Questions & Answers

• Irradiation of Raw Meat and Poultry: Questions & Answers

Technical Information from FSIS

• Kitchen Thermometers PDF OR text
  (Note: HTML text version has fewer illustrations; PDF recommended for printing)
• Technical Information: Color of Cooked Ground Beef as It Relates to Doneness (August 1998)
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Holiday Food Safety

• Countdown to the Holiday (also available in PDF)
• Food Safety of Turkey...From Farm to Table
• Holiday or Party Buffets
• Is Pink Turkey Meat Safe?
• Mail Order Food Safety
• "No-Show" Guests Jeopardize Food
• Poultry: Basting, Brining, And Marinating
• Roasting Those "Other" Holiday Meats
• Take the Guesswork Out of Roasting a Turkey
• Turkey ALT Routes to the Table
• Turkey Basics: Stuffing (also available in PDF )
• Spanish version: Principios B�sicos de la Preparaci�n del Pavo: El Relleno
• Turkey Basics: Safe Thawing (also available in PDF )
• Spanish version: Principios B�sicos de la Preparaci�n del Pavo: Descongelaci�n Correcta
• Turkey Basics: Handling Precooked Dinners (also available in PDF )
• Spanish version: Principios B�sicos de la Preparaci�n del Pavo: Manejo de las Comidas Precocinadas
• Turkey Basics: Safe Cooking (also available in PDF )
• Spanish version: Principios B�sicos de la Preparaci�n del Pavo: Cocinar Correctamente
• Turkey...From Farm to Table

Food Safety During Pregnancy

• Listeriosis and Pregnancy: What is Your Risk? Safe Food Handling for a Healthy Pregnancy (September 2001) [PDF, 2 pp.]
• HTML (text) version
• Spanish version: La Listeriosis y el Embarazo: �Cu�l es su Riesgo? [PDF] or [text]