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Handling and Preparing Specific Foods

  • Specific Foods Home
  • Frozen Chicken
  • Eggs
  • Home Made Ice Cream
  • Wild Game
  • Turkey
  • Hamburger
  • Fish and Seafood
  • Fruits and vegetables
  • Raw Milk
  • Irradiation and Pasteurization

Food Safety

  • Food Safety Home
  • Clean & Separate
  • Cook & Chill
  • Storing & Preserving
  • Cooking Away From Home
  • Handling and Preparing Specific Foods
  • Food Safety in Emergencies
  • Alerts and Recalls
  • Print Materials

More Food Safety

  • Foodborne Illness
  • Food Business Safety
  • Food Safety for Schools
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651-201-5000
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Contact Info

Minnesota Department of Health
651-201-5000
Food Safety Comment Form

Handling and Preparing Specific Foods

Food safety tips and information for handling specific foods like eggs, home made ice cream, wild game, turkey, hamburger, fish, and fruits and vegetables.

  • Frozen Chicken
    Some frozen chicken entrees look like they’re cooked—but they’re not!

  • Eggs
    Eggs can be a part of a healthy diet. However, they are perishable just like raw meat, poultry, and fish. To be safe, they must be properly refrigerated and cooked.

  • Home Made Ice Cream
    Food safety tips for making and eating home made ice cream.

  • Wild Game Meat
    Food safety information on deer, farm-raised game, rabbit, bison, and other game meats.

  • Turkey
    Food safety tips for handling, thawing, roasting, storing, and reheating turkey.

  • Hamburger
    Food safety tips for handling and preparing hamburger.

  • Fish and Seafood
    Safe fish handling and fish consumption advice.

  • Fruits and Vegetables
    Information about washing and preserving fresh fruits and vegetables and using caution with untreated fruit and vegetable juice.

  • Raw (Untreated) Milk
    Raw milk and raw dairy products have not been heat treated or pasteurized to kill germs. Each year, people become ill from drinking raw milk and eating foods made from raw dairy products.

  • Irradiation and Pasteurization
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Last Updated: 10/20/2022

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