Refrigerator Power Outages – Keep or Toss

When it comes to serving food to children proper food safety is crucial.  Some of you may have experienced the recent Hurricane Matthew.  If not this time, there is some time that a national disaster may hit your area.  This could have a influence on your food, especially when there is a loss of power.  It is always best to have a chart on hand with some guidelines if you experience this.  In Savannah, we had to discard all of our refrigerator and frozen goods due to power loss and not being able to get in our building.  This cost up front may seem like a lot, but in the future much less expensive than an outbreak of food borne illness to do spoiled food.  This will provide guidelines for a power loss.  One way to keep our children safe is through safe food practices.  For more information contact your local County Extension in Georgia: 1.800.ASK-UGA1

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