Food Safety Fact Sheets

Food Safety Fact Sheets can be found on Ohioline | Ohio State University Extension. Ohioline is an information resource produced by Ohio State University Extension. Through Ohioline, you have access to hundreds of OSU Extension fact sheets covering a wide array of subjects such as agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community development, and 4-H youth development.

Below you will find a collection of food safety-specific fact sheets for your ease in browsing:

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Hepatitis E: A Foodborne Zoonotic Threat in the U.S. and Abroad AS-1020

virus, food safety, hev, meat safety, foodborne, zoonosis, hepatitis e, 

viral hepatitis, swine
Mold Has Grown on Your Food: What Should You Do? HYG-5592 food safety, mold, mold growth on food, mold on canned food, mold growth on vegetables, mold on hard cheeses, hard meats, and vegetables, mold on beverages
Backyard Grilling: Food Safety Practices to Keep on the Front Burner HYG-5590 food safety, grilling, cooking, family gatherings
Selling Eggs in Ohio: Marketing and Regulations ANR-59 direct marketing, eggs, chickens, regulations, food safety, selling eggs in ohio, choosing chicken breeds, poultry breeds
Food Safety in Gardens HYG-1153 food safety, garden, reduce contamination, tool sanitation, drip irrigation, trickle irrigation, animal compost, soil amendments, organic gardening, reduce stress, improve health
Food Safety and Garden Flooding HYG-1154 food safety, flooding, garden, floodwater, heavy rain, vomiting, stomach cramps, diarrhea, human pathogens, foodborne pathogens, norovirus, salmonella, pathogenic e. coli, hepatitis a, giardia, cryptosporidium
Understanding Genetically Modified Foods HYG-5058 genetically modified organism, gmos
Bacillus cereus: A Foodborne Illness Confused with the 24-hour Flu HYG-5576

home, yard and garden, food safety, bacillus cereus, 

a foodborne illness confused with the 24-hour flu
Listeria monocytogenes: A Concern for Pregnant Women and Older Adults HYG-5562

food safety, illness, raw, poultry, meat, seafood, bacteria, listeriosis, fever, fatigue, 

nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, contaminated food, listeria symptoms, infection
Keeping Baby Formula Safe MOB-3 babies, food safety, baby formula, baby bottle, storing formula, reheating formula
Rotavirus: A Concern for Infants and Young Children HYG-5580 food safety, rotavirus, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, human fecal pathogen, foodborne, pathogen
Hepatitis A: A Virus that Causes Foodborne Illness HYG-5579 food safety, illness, hepatitis a, virus, human feces, infectious disease, pathogen, fever, chronic disease, liver inflammation, fatigue, anorexia, abdominal pain
Foodborne Illness: Guess Who Came to Dinner? HYG-5570 food safety, illness
Norovirus: A Different Type of Foodborne Illness HYG-5569 food safety, illness, noroviruses, pathogens, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, viral gastroenteritis, acute nonbacterial, food poisoning, foodborne infection
Shiga-Toxin Escherichia coli: What You Should Know About this Group of Foodborne Pathogens HYG-5561 food safety, e coli bacteria, shiga toxin, pathogen, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, bloody diarrhea, prevention, control methods, controlling pathogens, food temperature, shiga-toxin escherichia coli, stec.
Staphylococcus aureus: A Problem When Food Is Left Out Too Long HYG-5564 food safety, foodborne illness, toxins in food, staphylococcus aureus, food is left out too long, food poisoning, controlling pathogens at home, food temperature, nausea, abdominal cramps
Botulism: What You Don't See or Smell Can Still Hurt You HYG-5567 home, yard and garden, food safety, botulism, food poisoning, clostridium botulinium, food contamination, anaerobic plant, constipation, muscle weakness, home-canned foods
Yersinia Enterocolitica: A Rare but Important Food Safety Concern for Young Children and Immune-compromised Individuals HYG-5574 food safety, illness, yersinia enterocolitica, food borne illness, eating contaminated food, gastroenteritis with vomiting or diarrhea, abdomen pain, fever, safe meat and poultry, bacteria on food
Vibrio Species: Foodborne Illness and Seafood HYG-5575 food safety, foodborne illness, raw, undercooked, seafood, vibrio vulnificus, infection, vibrio cholera, contamination, symptoms, diarrhea, bacteria, cramps, nausea, vomiting, headache, fever, chills
Food Safety for Fruits and Vegetables ANR-25 food safety, protecting fruits and vegetables, bacterial pathogens, foodborne and waterborne illness, microbial pathogens in water, manure management, harvest lanes for horses, protocols for preventing foodborne illness, farming hygiene, farm sanitation practices, good agricultural practices, microbial contamination of fruits and vegetables