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FOOD SAFETY TRUE OR FALSE

How sharp are your food-safety skills? Check them against these guidelines provided by the Partnership for Food Safety Education, a coalition of private groups and public agencies.
Before being cooked, chicken should be rinsed thoroughly under running water and patted dry.

FALSE: Rinsing poultry increases the risk that you’ll splatter salmonella and other contaminants around, outweighing the [...]

HALLOWEEN TREAT-GIVING TO BE DOWN

Bad news for any kids expecting a big haul this Halloween. The National Retail Federation is out with its spending projections for the holiday, and they’re grim. Total spending for Halloween is expected to drop from $66.54 per family last year to $56.31 this year. The numbers include candy, costumes and decorations. The biggest drop [...]

TOYOTA RECALLS NEARLY 4 MILLION VEHICLES

Toyota is recalling 3.8 million Toyotas and Lexuses because floor mats could make the accelerator stick. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration “strongly recommends taking out removable floor mats on the driver’s side in certain models and not to replace them with any other mat, either from Toyota or any other brand.” The NTSB calls [...]