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Cool for the Summer: Keep Your Favorite Salads Chilled

May 24, 2023 Jesus Garcia, Public Affairs Specialist, FSIS, USDA

At your next picnic, let the spotlight shine on your food — not on party crashers like Salmonella or Listeria. When temperatures rise and food safety steps aren’t followed, cold dishes at a cookout are at risk for unsafe bacteria levels. Avoid foodborne illness by following these steps:

Health and Safety

SNAP Quality Control: How FNS Helps Protects Taxpayer Dollars

May 24, 2023 Cathy Buhrig, Associate Administrator, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides nutrition support to millions of American families in need. USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) works with partner states to ensure that SNAP provides the right amount of benefits to eligible families in the prescribed timeframes.

Food and Nutrition

USDA and HHS Partnered this Summer to Help Human Trafficking Survivors in Rural and Tribal Communities

December 22, 2016 Greg Linden, Acting Deputy Chief, USDA Emergency Programs Division; and Flavia Keenan-Guerra, Trafficking Program Specialist, HHS Administration for Children and Families

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and many survivors of it didn’t realize that their situation was a crime. This crime occurs when a trafficker uses force, fraud or coercion to control another person for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts or soliciting labor or services...

Initiatives

USDA Reaches Out to Growing Asian American and Pacific Islander Population

December 22, 2016 Janet Nuzum, USDA Senior Advisor and Director of Asian American and Pacific Islander Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration

Did you know that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) make up the fastest growing population group in the United States? Increasing over four times as rapidly as the overall U.S. population, AAPIs are projected to more than double by 2060, from 20 million today to 50 million. A recent...

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