Food Safety

Learn what you need to know about how to handle, wash, prepare, store, freeze, and thaw your food so that it stays safe to eat and to prevent food poisoning. Find our best food safety tips, tricks, and facts here.
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PSA: You’re Probably Washing Your Grapes Wrong—Here’s the Right Way
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How Long Can You Leave Potato Salad Out?
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Here’s What You Need to Know About All the Listeria Outbreaks—And What Foods Are Affected
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Here’s How to Tell If Your Ground Beef Is Past Its Prime
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What Are Those Crunchy White Bits On Cheese?
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How To Avoid Giving Everyone Food Poisoning at Your Next Potluck
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5 Dangerous Cleaning Product Combos You Should Never, Ever Mix
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How to Wash Your Fruits and Veggies So They Actually Get Clean
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Read This Before Cooking With Aluminum Foil
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PSA: These 5 Foods Have the Shortest Expiration Dates
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This Avocado Storing Hack Is More Dangerous Than You'd Think
How To Tell If Chicken Is Bad
How to Tell If Chicken Is Bad
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Why You Should Rethink This Common Use for Foil
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How Long Can Pizza Sit Out?
Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes.
Why You Should Rethink Adding This 1 Ingredient to Mashed Potatoes
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What Happens If You Eat Mold?
four seasoned salmon filets
How Long Can Salmon Stay In the Fridge?
Raw Pork Chops
3 Safe Ways to Thaw Frozen Pork Chops
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Ziploc Finally Settles the Debate: This Is How Many Times You Can Safely Reuse a Plastic Bag
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This Meat Cooking Myth Could Actually Do More Harm Than Good
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10 Items in Your Fridge You Should Throw Out Right Now
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The Best Egg Carton Material, According to Food Scientists
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Eggland's Best Finally Settles the Debate: How Long Can You Leave Eggs Out on the Counter?
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Why You Should Never Line the Bottom of Your Oven With Foil
Land O Lakes Settles the Debate
Land O’Lakes Finally Settles the Debate: How Long Can You Leave Butter Out on the Counter?
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Why You Shouldn’t Be Reheating Your Chicken in the Microwave
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Smucker’s Just Settled the Debate: This Is Where To Store Peanut Butter
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Tabasco Finally Settled the Debate: This Is Where You Should Store Hot Sauce
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Philadelphia Finally Settles the Debate: How Long Can You Leave Cream Cheese Out on the Counter?
Leftovers That Most Likely Give You Food Poisoning
The Unexpected Leftovers That Are Most Likely To Give You Food Poisoning
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Should You Wash Mushrooms? A Chef Settles the Debate
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Kikkoman Finally Settles the Debate: This Is Where You Should Store Your Soy Sauce
egg yolks
Yes, White Egg Yolks Exist—But Are They Okay to Eat?
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What's the White Stringy Stuff in Raw Eggs?
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Everyone Is Doing It—But Is It Even Safe to Put These Liquids in a SodaStream?
broccoli salad
3 Ways to Instantly Tell If Your Broccoli Has Gone Bad
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Please Stop Eating These Dessert Dips—Raw Cake Mix Is Dangerous
an open can of tuna
6 Ways You’re Storing Canned Tuna Wrong (and What to Do Instead)
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Kraft Just Settled the Debate—This Is Where to Store Mayo
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Buffets Are Back, but So Are the Risks—Here Are 5 Things to Avoid
maple syrup
Does Maple Syrup Go Bad?
Vanilla soft serve ice cream coming out of an ice cream machine and being piped into a waffle cone.
The Surprising Reasons Soft-Serve Ice Cream Can Be Dangerous To Eat
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6 Mistakes You're Making at Restaurants
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Why Does Vacuum-Sealed Meat Smell—And Is It Safe To Eat?
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Everyone Is Doing It—but Is It Even Safe to Use Parchment Paper in a Skillet?
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The 5 Foods You Should Never Eat From the Breakfast Buffet
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Is It Safe to Eat Slimy Mushrooms?
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The 10 Riskiest Foods to Eat, According to Food Safety Experts
salad greens
Is It Safe to Eat Slimy Salad Greens?
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Why Do We Still Believe This Food "Rule" from Childhood?
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The Hidden Danger of Sun Tea
Healthy Eating: Avocado fruit cut in half displaying the seed
How to Tell if an Avocado Is Bad
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Can You Use Parchment Paper in an Air Fryer?
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The Life-Threatening Danger Behind A Common Grilling Tool
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The 5 Foods You Shouldn’t Eat From Your Vacation Rental
freezer burned ham
Can You Eat Freezer-Burned Food?
sprouting onion
Can You Eat Sprouted Onions?
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How Long Can You Marinate Chicken?
cornbread casserole in glass dish
Can You Put Glass in an Oven?
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How Long Can You Safely Store Ground Beef in the Freezer?
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What Is That Weird Residue in My Bottle of Kombucha?
Chocolate Chip Cookie Batter in a bowl with a wooden spoon, with spilled chocolate chips
How Long Does Cookie Dough (Safely) Last in the Fridge?
sliced apple
Are Brown Apple Slices Safe to Eat?