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The Kitchen Sink: An Overlooked Place for Food Safety

October 03, 2023 Meredith Carothers, Public Affairs Specialist, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA

We use the kitchen sink for food preparation – rinsing produce, cleaning pots and pans, washing utensils that touch raw meat, and more. With these activities come the possibility for foodborne illness-causing bacteria to hang out in the sink too. If proper food preparation safety steps are not...

Food and Nutrition Health and Safety

Building Resiliency in Disadvantaged Communities

January 27, 2023 Marcia Bunger, Administrator, Risk Management Agency

We recently observed the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. I feel that USDA’s Risk Management Agency helps to advance the dream of Dr. King in our support of the 1890 National Scholars Program, and the Risk Management Education Program, among other initiatives.

Farming Initiatives