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1.1. Click Click mousemouse on “keep” or “toss.” on “keep” or “toss.”

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Directions

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University of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County

Lincoln–Lancaster County Health Dept.

March 2007

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Download this PowerPoint at: http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/keep-toss.shtml

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Tacos left on the kitchen counter overnight?

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Toss!Toss!

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Even if you reheat tacos left out overnight, some bacteria can form a heat-resistant toxin that cooking won’t destroy.

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Hamburger thawed all dayon the kitchen counter?

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Toss!Toss!

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Remember how bacteria may have formed heat-resistant toxins when the tacos were left out overnight?

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The best place to thaw frozen perishable foods — like frozen meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, fruit and cooked pasta and rice — is in the refrigerator!

Make sure your refrigerator is 40°F or lower.

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Thaw packages of meat, poultry and seafood on a plate on thebottom shelf ofthe refrigerator.This preventstheir juices fromdripping onother foods. Click mouse or hit

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When microwave defrostingWhen microwave defrostingperishable food, cook itperishable food, cook itimmediately after thawing.immediately after thawing.

Some areas of the foodmay start to cook duringmicrowave defrostingand become warm.

Any bacteria present wouldn’t have beendestroyed and may reachoptimal temperaturesfor growth.

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Leftover pizza placed in the refrigeratorwithin TWOhours after itwas cooked?

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Keep!Keep!

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If perishable foods have not been left at room temperature for longer than 2 hours (1 hour in temperatures above 90°F), they should be safe. Refrigerate promptly; eat within 3 to 4 days.

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Cut or peeled fruits/vegetables left at room temperature MORE thanTWO hours?

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Toss!Toss!

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Once you have cut through the protective skin of fruits and vegetables, bacteriacan enter.

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Refrigerate cut or peeled fruits and vegetables within TWO hours!

Refrigerate cut or peeled fruits and vegetables within TWO hours!

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Just 1 bacteria in foods can grow

to 2,097,152 bacteria

in 7 hours!

Just 1 bacteria in foods can grow

to 2,097,152 bacteria

in 7 hours!

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Cleaning fruits & veggies

1. Remove and discard outer leaves.

2. Rinse under clean, running water just before preparingor eating. Don’t use soap or detergent as it can get intoproduce and make you sick.

3. Rub briskly — scrubbing with a clean brush orhands — to cleanthe surface.

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5. Dry with a clean cloth or paper towel.

6.Cut away bruised and damagedareas.

Moisture left on fruits and vegetables helps bacteria grow. Dry them if you won’t eat or cook them right away.

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Bacteria on the outside of fruits canbe transferred to the inside when fruit is peeled or cut.

Rinse fruits with peels ― even when the peel is removed ― such as melons and citrus fruits!

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Leftovers kept in the refrigerator for over a week?

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Toss!Toss!

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Even refrigerated leftovers may becomeunsafewithin3 to 4 days.

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You can’t always seesee or smellsmell or tastetaste if a food is unsafe. You could get sick tastingtasting a food!

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Toss it out! Toss it out!