2008

January 2008: Slow Cooker and Food Safety; Use Your Microwave Safely; Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work; How Safe are Color Additives; and Food Safety and Health: Your Food Safety Source on the Web| html | pdf |

June 2008: Summertime Food Safety; Gardening with Food Safety in Mind; Time to Get Ready for the Food Preservation Season; Spotlight on Bisphenol A; Food Storage Guidelines; Start at the Store: 7 Ways to Prevent Foodborne Illness. | html | pdf |

2007

January 2007: New Web Design & Thank You to Everyone; Produce Safety: Questions and Answers; Seafood: Balancing Benefits and Risks; Human Prion Diseases; What's On Your Mind? (botulism update, recipe calculator, Craisins, toxins from cookware, plumping canner gaskets, freezing home-prepared foods, paraffin in candy-making) | html | pdf |

February 2007: Safety of Meat and Milk Derived from Animal Clones; Antibacterial Resistance – An Update; Food Safety Beliefs and Barriers to Safe Food Handling among WIC Clients; What's On Your Mind? (making maple syrup, fiber in chocolate, make-ahead freezer meals, newsletter & press release ideas, cleaning the home (or office) refrigerator, online recipe source) | html | pdf |

March 2007: National Recall of Peanut Butter: What Does It Tell Us?; Influence of Processing and Preservation on the Retention of Health Promoting Compounds in Broccoli; Foodborne Botulism from Home Prepared Tofu – An Old Disease Found in New Food Products; Spring Cleaning Means a New Web Identity; Spring Holidays & Egg Safety; What's On Your Mind? (food dating for food pantries, NEW resources! Selecting and Preparing Ham and Turkey; testing dial gauges on pressure canners) | html | pdf |

May 2007: Grilling Season: Barbeque and Food Safety; Caring For and Recalibrating a Food Thermometer; Does Eating Grilled Meats Cause Cancer?; Pet Food Chemical and Threat to Humans; What's On Your Mind?| html | pdf |

June 2007: Safety of Imported Foods; Safety of Garden (and Fresh) Produce; Farm Markets and Food Safety; Geting Ready for the Food Preservation Season; What's On Your Mind?| html | pdf |

July 2007: Summertime Food Basics; Choose the Right Containers-- and Location--When Storing Food at Home | html | pdf |

September 2007: An Overview of Food Safety Programming Statewide; Lunch and Learn; District Inservices; Announcing: Master Food Preserver Training – Summer 2008; In the Spotlight: Food Safety after a Flood; Focus On: Food Allergies; UWEX Web Resources: Food Safety and Health | html | pdf |

October 2007: FDA’s Watchful Eye on the American Diet; Safe Handling Tips for Pet Foods and Treats; Testing Dial Gauge Canners; Infants and Honey Care; and Cleaning of Butcher Blocks and Wooden Cutting Boards; Food Safety: It’s in Your Hands; Web Resource: Food Safety and Health Topics A-Z | html | pdf |

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2006

January 2006: Cooking Ham and other Ready-to-Eat Pork Produts; So Easy to Preserve! Video Series; When It's Time to Store Canning Supplies; Home Preserving Venison; New "Smart Kids Fight BAC!®”; Pink Color of Cooked Poultry ; What's On Your Mind? | html | pdf |

February 2006: Food Safety and Avian Influenza; Summer Food Preservation Workshops; Make-Ahead Frozen Foods; Clean and Green; What's On Your Mind? (contacting home appliance and cookware vendors) | html | pdf |

March/April 2006: Update on CWD and Consumption of Venison; Using Carbon Monoxide to Extend Shelf Life of Meat; Teflon Cookware; Is There a Bug in my Drink?; Dannon's™ New Activa® Yogurt: What's so Special?; What's On Your Mind? (pizza for breakfast, fighting peanut allergy with apple protein) | html | pdf |

May 2006: CDC Report: Health Risks Associated with Raising Chickens; New Endpoint Temperature for Cooking Poultry; Toxin-Producing E. coli O157 in Livestock at Agricultural Fairs; Backgrounder: Heat Processing of Home-Canned Foods; What's On Your Mind? (safety of slow-cooker liners; an allergic reaction to out-dated pancake mix)
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June 2006: New DVD: So Easy to Preserve; Sorting Out Tomato Canning Directions; Make Jam this Summer with Your Bounty of Fruit; What Consumers Need to Know about Food and Water Safety During Hurricanes, Power Outages, and Floods; What's On Your Mind? (arsenic in chicken feed, discolored potatoes, mealy peaches).
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September 2006: A New Look for Wisconsin FIRST!; Food Preservation Tips and Updates;Listeriosis During Pregnancy: New Research on a Deadly Disease; Health Alert: Fully Cook Frozen Entrees; Essential Food Safety Behaviors for Older Adults; Let's Get Cooking 2006 Evaluation Results; What's On Your Mind? (storing fruits and vegetables at home, calibrating dial-stem thermometers, recipe calculator, Barb's sabbatical leave, What was that again?).
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2005

January 2005: New Year's Resolutions to Keep You Safe; Johne's Disease: A Disease of Cattle with Food Safety Implications; Barn to Plate: Processing Chickens at Home; Heating Eggs for Use in Uncooked Ice Cream Base, Egg Nog, or Icing; What's On Your Mind? (food stored in opened cans; plastic bags for storing food; cooking in low temperature ovens; crock pot cooking; safe methods of thawing meat; new anti-viral facial tissues) | html| pdf |

February 2005: Sending Food Gifts to U.S. Military; How to Interpret Can Sizes; Using Paraffin in Candy: Is it a Safety Issue?; How is ‘Instant' ClearJel® Different from ‘Regular' ClearJel®?; Is Avian Influenza a Food Safety Issue?; Does Washing Promote Food Safety?; Welcome to Spring! A Great Time for Eggs | html | pdf |

March/April 2005: Home Processing of Tomatoes and Other Acid Foods in Flowing Steam and Hot Water Bath Canners; Hook into Healthy Fish; Getting to Know Your Freezer; The Chill Center; Summer Gardening: Vegetable Planting Guide & Food Preservation Wisline Programs; What's on Your Mind (Is it Done Yet?, and lemon curd)? | html | pdf |

May 2005: A Closer Look at Produce Washes; Certain Soft Cheeses Made from Raw Milk: Risky for All; Stay Healthy at Animal Exhibits this Summer;New Research and Conflicting Information on Fish Consumption;Public Health Threat from Plastics?;What's on Your Mind? (portable kitchen and germ-laden keyboards)
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June 2005: ... Also Reducing Fat Levels in Ground Beef ; Vegetable Yields for Wisconsin Gardens

July 2005: The Saga of Mad Cow Disease in the United States; Wisconsin Residents: Enjoying Fish as Part of a Healthy Diet; Safely Preserving Garden Produce: Hot Weather Tips and Tomato Canning Recipes; Food Safety Resources for Working with Schools; What's On Your Mind: food safety in the new Dietary Guidelines power point; Let's Preserve!
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August 2005: Frequently Asked Questions about Mad Cow Disease; Pasture-Raised Animal Products – Should They be Promoted?; Looking Ahead: September 2005 is National Food Safety Education Month; Thermometer Use Campaign Evaluation Materials; What's On Your Mind: preserving garlic & peppers; Canning on Glass-Top Stoves.
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September 2005: Master Food Preserver – Summer 2006; Use an Evaluation Tool when Distributing UWEX Thermometers!; What's On Your Mind? (making apple cider, and how times have changed.)
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November 2005: Let's Talk Turkey; Cook that Ice Cream!; New Canner News; What was That Again?; Home Refrigerator Savvy; Perfecting Clearjel ® ; Eggs Cooked in a Bag; What's On Your Mind? (hand washing, food safety for moms-to-be)
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2004

January 2004: Beginning the New Year Under a Cloud: BSE in the U.S.; Food Safety and Trade; Viral Hepatitis; An Alphabet Soup of Diseases; What's On Your Mind (new food preservation resources, toxicity of Teflon, turkey fryers, food storage dates, adapting conventional recipes for the microwave, pesticides from cotton in food.) | html| pdf |

February 2004: Is Farmed Salmon Safe to Eat?; An Update on Issues Related to BSE; Spring Clean to Eliminate Pantry Pests; Home Food Preservation Workshops: A New Look for a 'New' Century?; What's On Your Mind? (Is microwaving vegetables harmful for nutrition?, frozen canned good, Stop The Spread of Germs - Actions for Schools.) | html | pdf |

March 2004: Does the Plastic in Water Bottles and Plastic Wrap Cause Cancer?; Milk Processing: Just What are Homogenization and Pasteurization?; Coming: Exciting Opportunities for Food Preservation; Kitchen Food Safety; Safe Food Tastes Great!; Fingernails as a Source of Germs; Looking Ahead: Easter; What's On Your Mind? (Canned items: toss or keep?) | html | pdf |

April 2004: Focus On: Food Preservation, Gardening and SPRING! • What are the needs for food preservation in your county or community?; If you are a Family Living agent, what is your role in food preservation programming for your county?; If you are with WNEP, and remembering the specific guidelines for that program, what is your role in food preservation programming, if any?; Do you have support staff that can help meet the needs of your county in this area?; Do you have trained master volunteers who can help you in this area this summer? | html | pdf |

June 2004: Vegetable Nitrates: Are They Harmful to Health? How Now Mad Cow?; Chronic Wasting Disease and Potential Transmission to Humans; Dr. Seuss was Right: Green Eggs and Ham are OK!; Update on Food Preservation Trainings; Safe Preparation of Infant Formula; What?s on Your Mind? (microwave recipes, perfectly ripe fruit, produce decoded, summertime food safety, ultra bleach) | html | pdf |

July/August 2004: Brine Meats Before Grilling for Moistness and Flavor; Safety of Garden-Fresh Produce; GRAS- Time-Tested, and Trusted, Food Ingredients; An Egg Story: Does the Date Mean ?Too Late??; Don?t Believe Everything You See on Television; What?s On Your Mind? (preserving peppers; trans fat; fryer oil; altitude adjustment; processing honey) | html | pdf |

September 2004: Wisconsin FIRST ? Redesigned to Serve You Better; September is National Food Safety Education Month; A Food Scientist?s Microwave Top Ten List; If it?s September, it Must be?.; New Food Allergen Labeling Bill; When Fruits and Vegetables Cause Allergic Reactions | html | pdf|

October 2004: Extend the Harvest by Properly Storing Fruits and Vegetables; Kitchen Food Safety?; Bags, Bottles and Beyond!; Venison donation; Got milk? Make sure it's pasteurized. | html | pdf|

November/December 2004: Greening of Poultry Muscle; Sink Those Germs; Beware the Food Safety Risk with Holiday Buffets; Tips on Safely Preparing Homemade Venison Jerky | html | pdf|

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2003

January 2003: Advise to Health Care Workers: Clean Your Hands; Antibacterial Soap a Waste of Time; Are We Too Clean?'; Viruses Lurking on Cruise Ships; For a New Year's Resolution, Try Cleaning the Refrigerator!; What's On Your Mind? (starting a small food business; food storage dates; outreach to food pantries; How clean is a dog's mouth?); and On the Web: New Year's Food Traditions. | html| pdf |

January Insert - Starting a Small Food Business in Wisconsin

February 2003: Microwave Foods Properly to Ensure Safety; Risk of Gene-Altered Animals; Of Birds and Bacteria; Battle of the Bugs: Fighting Antibiotic Resistance; Working to Solve the Acrylamide Mystery; What's On Your Mind? (chocolate as a vegetable; eat chocolate for heart health; making yogurt; fatal kiss; viral illnesses); and On the Web: Valentine's Day. | html | pdf |

March 2003: When Someone Else is the Cook: Food Safety for Seniors (and Others); Focus on Food Safety When Making Maple Syrup; Safe Consumption and Processing of Fresh Water Fish; Straight Talk About Eating Fish During Pregnancy; New Resources- Clean and Green; and What's On Your Mind? (health advisory on sprouts; caffeine)| html | pdf |

April 2003: A New Look at Egg Safety; Pasteurized Milk Phobia; Spanish Language Resources; Uncooked, Unhealthy; Caring for a Wooden Cutting Block or Cutting Board; MSG: A Common Flavor Enhancer; What's On Your Mind? (antibacterial body soap and women's health); and On the Web: Eggs.| html | pdf |

May 2003: Safety of Low-Calorie Sweeteners; Cooking Food Safely in a Microwave Oven; Influences on Purchase of Irradiated Food; New Resource- Cooking for Crowds; and What's On Your Mind? (leaded crystal and wine; sale of dented cans; canning recommendations from Altrista; spoiled and 'healthy for you' canned corn).| html | pdf |

June 2003: Safety, and Safe Handling, of Fresh Produce; Eating in the Raw; Last Stop: Supermarket; Sulfites: Safe for Most, Dangerous for Some; Mayonnaise: The Misunderstood Dressing; Organically Grown Foods Higher in Cancer-Fighting Chemicals Than Conventionally Grown Foods; New! Curriculum- Summertime Food Safety; Summertime Musings- Food Preservation Resources and Other Items. | html | pdf |

July 2003: Freeze Those Herbs; Extension Responds: BSE; Fast Food, Not Fast Antibiotics; Ice-the Forgotten Food; What's on Your Mind?(pressure canner testers; handwashing posters and news release; handing fruits and vegetables; pickled asparagus); Web Picks of the Month: Ice Cream. | html | pdf |

August 2003: Food Safety Resources for Food Safety Month; Information Sways Consumer Attitudes Towards Biotech Foods; Controversy Surrounds Irradiated Meat; What's On Your Mind? (care and cleaning of water bottles; toxicity of dry beans; homemade baby food; preserving summer- jams and jellies; beer-chicken; Can cold water clean dishes?). | html | pdf |

September 2003: Scientists Weigh in on the Five Second Rule; What is Rendering? ; Food Safety Q&A: Pumpkin Pie, Refreezing Meats, and Eggs; Thoughts on Irradiated Meat in the School Lunch Program; Myths about Food Sensitivities; What's On Your Mind? (Coated Cookward; Cooking Pork; Dill Pickles); Web Picks of the Month: Halloween and Turkey Time | html | pdf |

October 2003: Scientists Weigh in on the Five Second Rule; What is Rendering?; Food Safety Q&A: Pumpkin Pie, Refreezing Meats, and Eggs; Thoughts on Irradiated Meat in the School Lunch Program; Myths about Food Sensitivities; What's On Your Mind? (Coated Cookward; Cooking Pork; Dill Pickles); Web Picks of the Month: Halloween and Turkey Time | html | pdf |

November 2003: For Last Minute Thanksgiving Questions; Try the Meat and Poultry Hotline; Brewing Up the Latest Tea Research; Safety Tips for Venison Jerky; Desktop Dining Etiquette; Toxoplasmosis: An Important Message for Women; What's On Your Mind? (removing carbohydrates from food)
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December 2003: Dangers of Raw Milk Still Linger; West Nile Virus Infection in Turkey Breeder Farm Workers-Wisconsin; Protect Against Food Tampering; Public Advisory: Warning Against Consumption of Raw Green Onions; What's On Your Mind? (sending food gifts to U.S. military, classic cooked egg not, flavored vinegars)
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2002

**Note: Food Facts for You! was not published in January or February 2002***

March 2002: Spring into Food Preservation Training; Decorating Easter Eggs Safely; It's Tax Time: How Dirty is Your Money?; Resources: Food Safety for Pregnant Women and Caregivers of Infants; Children and Microbial Foodborne Illness; Hands Too Clean, Or Room for Improvement?; Social Marketing and Food Safety Education; Web Picks of the Month (Spices, Easter and Passover).
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April 2002: Food Safety and Elderly Home Delivered Meal Participants; Food Safety Practices of Seniors; Listeriosis and Pregnancy: What is Your Risk?; New Resources for Spanish Speaking Audiences; Antibacterial Dishwashing Liquid and Foodborne Pathogens; What's On Your Mind? (hand sanitizers for county fairs, pressure canner testing) | html | pdf |

June 2002: Barbeque Food Safety; Celebration Sickness: It May be the Salad, not the Burger!; The ABCs of Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency; Molds on Food: Are they Dangerous?; New! Spanish Language Resources; What's On Your Mind? (spice up your life, half & half, egg substitutions); and Web Pick(s) of the Month (food safety and outdoor cooking). | html | pdf |

August 2002: Wisconsin F.I.R.S.T.- New Resource for Food Safety Education; Four Steps to Food Safety; Food Safety Checklist for Planned-Over Foods; Taking Care with Take-Out; Don't Hold the Mayo!; Testing Well Water to Ensure Safety; and What's On Your Mind? (freezer burn and cooking chicken).| html | pdf |

September 2002: Update on Chronic Wasting Disease; Long Term Health Impacts of Foodborne Illness; Consumer Food Safety Behavior: A Case Study in Hamburger Cooking and Ordering; Ideas for Packing a Safe School Lunch; What's on Your Mind? (canned corn- better for you than fresh; acrylamide in food prompts concerns); Web Picks of the Month (school food safety, National Food Safety Education Month; Barb's Blurbs). | html | pdf |

October 2002: Research Update: Making Jerky at Home; Herbs and Health: Safety and Effectiveness; New! Spanish Language Resources; Is Your Kitchen Sink Harboring Harmful Bacteria?; Warmed-Over Flavor in Meat; What's On Your Mind? Aluminum cookware, Turkey Fryers, and Food Preservation Update; and Web Picks of the Month- Halloween and CWD information. | html | pdf |

November 2002: Keep the Holidays Happy, Put Food Safety First!; Sausages and Sausage Manufacture; Organic Food Standards and Labels: The Facts; Update: Listeriosis Outbreak Investigation; Older Adults at Risk from Complications of Microbial Foodborne Illness; .But What is Old?; Holiday Baking Substitutions; What's On Your Mind? (canning lard, unsafe recipes ); and Web Picks of the Month (Thanksgiving). | html | pdf |

December 2002: How Safe is that Burger?; The Poison Squad; Health Panel Finds All-Natural Carcinogens Galore in Holiday Foods; Analyzing Acrylamide; Educate and Irradiate; What's On Your Mind? (storing butter, disposable cutting sheets; natural antimicrobials (Safe at the Plate); roasting chestnuts); and Web Picks of the Month (Holidays). | html | pdf |

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2001

January 2001: Handling Leftovers When Dining Out; Hand Sanitizers May Reduce Illness; New Safe Handling Labels for Eggs; America's Top Ten Cities For Gastrointestinal Distress; The Death of Cooking; What's On Your Mind? (sorting out chocolate); and Web Picks of the Month: New Year's fun.
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February 2001: Preventing Disease Transmission by the Food Preparer; Was It Something I Ate?, Paper Towels and Bathroom Germs; Tips on Cooking Dried Bean, Peas and Lentils; Reducing Infections in the Home; Evaluation of Safe Food-Handling Instructions on Raw Meat and Poultry; Repeal of Saccharin Warning Label; Water Content of Meat to Be Labeled; The Case For and Against Irradiation; Web Picks of the Month: Valentines Day. | html | pdf |

March 2001: Easter is Coming: Another Look at Egg Safety; Pathogenic Bacteria on Chicken; When Antibiotics Stop Working; Worried about Illness? Watch Those Vegetables; Fish Advisory; America's Fish: Fair or Foul?; Resources: FDA Materials; What's On Your Mind? (Spoilage Test for Dairy Products, Thermy, Pressure Canners and Pressure Cookers); and Web Picks of the Month: St. Patrick's Day and Hand Washing. | html | pdf |

April 2001: Color and Doneness of Ground Beef; Update on Cooking Pork: Use a Thermometer for This Meat Too!; Scientists Turn to Computers to Solve Foodborne Illness Puzzles; Baking Better Cookies Through Chemistry; Choosing a Cooking Oil; How Clean is Your Cutting Board?; What's On Your Mind?: Cooking for Groups, and To Your Health!; and Web Picks of the Month: Easter and Passover. | html | pdf |

May 2001: New FDA Safety Rules for Juice; Children and Petting Zoos: Not Always a Good Mix; Dangers of Consuming Raw Milk; Avoiding Listeriosis from Refrigerated and Ready-to-Eat Foods; Resources: Cooking for Groups; Food Allergy Update; Honey Can Have an Unsuspected Sting; and Web Picks of the Month: Asparagus and Steak (for a springtime feast). | html | pdf |

July 2001: Should I Vacuum Package Food at Home?; Summertime Food Safety: Ice Cream, Cantaloupe, and Grilling Out; Camping and the Risk of Parasitic Infection; Swimming Pools and Health Risks; Cooking for Groups; America's Favorite Food; and Web Picks of the Month: Summertime Food Safety. | html| pdf |

August 2001: September is Food Safety Month: Be Cool, Chill Out; Safe Food for Moms and Tots; 2000 Home Food Safety Report; Home Food Preservation- Update; How Do Harmful Bacteria Make Us Sick?; Listeriosis and Mexican- Style Cheeses; Food FAQs- FREE for the Asking!; What's on Your Mind?- Perfect Pesto, Bleach Solutions, Cutting Boards. | html | pdf |

September 2001: September is Food Safety Month: Be Cool, Chill Out; Back to School: Pack a Safe Lunch; Raw Sprouts Still a Concern; Pasteurized Eggs; When Fruits and Vegetables Cause Allergic Reactions; To Your Health! Food Safety for Seniors; Web Picks of the Month: Food Safety Month. | html | pdf |

October 2001: Bioterrorism and the Food Supply; Handle With Care: Keeping Your Child's Formula, Expressed Breast Milk & Food Germ-FreeÓ; What's On Your Mind: Rhubarb, Cleaning on a Shoestring, Freezer Burn; Web Picks of the Month: Fall and Halloween. | html | pdf |

November 2001: Anthrax vs Every Day Risks- How We Might Respond; Thanksgiving Resources; Resistant Bacteria on Meat; Web Picks of the Month: Thanksgiving. | html | pdf |

December 2001: Home for the Holiday: Preventing Foodborne Illness During the Holidays; Food Safety Resources Now Available; Food Safety Knowledge of Consumers; Update on Botulism; Web Picks of the Month: Candy! and December holidays. | html | pdf |

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2000

January 2000: Focus on Food Irradiation; What's on Your Mind? and Web Pick(s) of the Month. | html | pdf |

February 2000: Can You Be Clean and Green: Natural vs Synthetic Disinfectants; A Look at Proctor & Gamble's New FIT Produce Wash; Human Health Risks on Your Dairy; Pregnant Women Warned of Risky Food; What You Bring Home From Work May Hurt You; It's Harder to Fight Bugs That Ruin Vacations; Web Pick(s) of the Month-(popcorn!); and What's On Your Mind?- Dangers of Consuming Raw Milk.
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March/April 2000: Consumer Knowledge of Foodborne Illness; Consumer Food Handling Practices: What People Say vs What They Do; Foodborne Illnesses: How Does Wisconsin Rank?; Think Egg Safety at Easter; Hard-Cooked Eggs Safely Prepared; What's On Your Mind?- Health Threat to Infants: Reptiles in the Home, and Web Pick(s) of the Month: In a Pinch- Food Yields, and the ABC's of Safe and Healthy Child Care. | html | pdf |

May 2000: Special Thanks to WEAFCS; Mark Your Calendars: Master Food Preserver and ETNs; New Product Guide: What to Buy, What to Leave on the Shelf; Food Safety and Food Biotechnology; What's On Your Mind?: Another Look at Cleaning With Chlorine, Sprouts Bulletin, Baking Stones- Do They Need to be Cleaned?; and Web Pick(s) of the Month: Food Biotechnology, Food Safety for Seniors. | html | pdf |

June 2000: Thermy: It's Safe to Bite When the Temperature is Right (hardcopy available on request); Dangers in the Water Supply- Implications for Wisconsin; New Product Guide; Food Safety For Summer Picnics; Safer Outdoor Grilling to Reduce Cancer Risk; What's On Your Mind?- Questions About Cookware, Don't Wait: Refrigerate, Wash Cantaloupe Before Eating; Web Picks(s) of the Month: Home Canning and National Fruit and Vegetable Month. | html | pdf |

July 2000: FIT Fruit and Vegetable Wash: Do the Ads and the Research Match?; Cooks Come Clean in Food Safety Study; Safe Handling of Melons; Food Preservation Publications- Now Available!; Household Cleaning Report- Kitchen Cleaners; Cooking Hamburgers by Color; Microwave Food Safety; What's On Your Mind?- Does Plastic Pose Risks in Food?; Web Picks(s) of the Month: Super Summer Salads; September Is Food Safety Month | html | pdf |

August 2000: Foodborne Illness Strikes Close to Home; September is Food Safety Education Month; Testing the Temperature of Foods; Safety of Water- Questions Remain; Wash Hands or Bacteria May Lurk; Proposed Organic Standards; What's On Your Mind? And Web Picks(s) of the Month: Calendar of Events, Commodity Food Fact Sheets, Pesticides in Foods, National Rice Month | html | pdf |

September 2000: September is Food Safety Education Month; Partnering Made Easy Satellite Videoconference; It's Back to School, Pack a Safe Lunch; Top Causes of Foodborne Illness; Handling Food Safely at Home; What's On Your Mind?: Wild Game Workshop, Drying Tomatoes, Fork-Style Meat Thermometers; and Web Picks(s) of the Month: Food Safety Web Sites for Kids. | html | pdf |

October 2000: Better Food Handling May Reduce Illness; Hand washing Survey Reveals that Americans Still Don't Get It; Deer Hunters Warned that Venison Can Carry Harmful Bacteria; Foodborne Botulism from Home-Pickled Eggs; Food Storage- How Long is Too Long?; Out of the Cupboard, Into the Cooler; Resources Available (Food Safety Month curriculum; Food Evaluation video; brochures); What's On Your Mind?: Cheese Curds; and Web Picks(s) of the Month: Halloween, Holidays, Safe Food for the Hungry. | html | pdf |

November 2000: Wild Game Update; Widespread Availability of Soaps with Potentially Harmful Antibacterial Agents; Product Dating- Use it or Lose It; Food Preservation Publications on Sale for the Holidays; You Say Potato.; Improvising in the Kitchen; What's On Your Mind?: Turducken, Canned Baked Goods; and Web Picks(s) of the Month: Fight BAC! Holiday Toolbox, Thanksgiving Quizzes, Recipes and More. | html | pdf |

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