Summer Food Safety Resources
Eating Outdoors: Handling Food SafelyDHHS. FDA. Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition.
Provides tips to prevent foodbourne illness when preparing and storing food for picnics and barbecues.
Food Safety for Summer Food Service Programs
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service; National Food Service Management Institute.
Three-part lesson in PDF format for children emphasizing handwashing, temperatures and cross-contamination prevention. Food safety posters are also available.
Food Safety in All Seasons
Fight BAC! Partnership for Food Safety Education.
Selection of articles on food safety measures for special events throughout the year.
Foodborne Illness Peaks in Summer - Why?USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Article provides four simple steps to safer food in the summertime.
Grill It Safely! (PDF | 443 KB)University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension.
Teaches you how to select, prepare, transport and grill meat and poultry safely to reduce foodborne illness.
Handling Food Safely on the RoadUSDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Learn what types of foods travel well and how to plan ahead for trips camping, boating, at the beach, or in a vacation home/recreation vehicle.
Summer and Vacations
FoodSafety.gov
Provides links to Federal, state and local government Web sites containing food safety information for summer food preparation.
Test Your Summer Food Safety SavvyUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.
This nutrition education resource can be a great tool to help reinforce food safety guidelines over the summer months. It includes a 9-question quiz that covers multiple Summer-related food safety issues.