Safe Food for You and Your Family - (Nutrition Now) (Paperback)

About the Book

Complete with a toll-free number for The American Dietetic Association's consumer hotline (which serves more than 10,000 calls a month), this indispensable guide shows how to prevent food poisoning and food borne diseases. Safe Food for You and Your Family also tells which foods are safest to order at restaurants, markets, and delis, how to detect hidden dangers at home ot away, and where to find environmentally safe foods.

Book Synopsis

The definitive pocket guide on food safety from the source America turns to for food and nutrition advice. Each year, about one in every 10 Americans develops a food-related illness. You can protect yourself with Safe Food for You and Your Family, an indispensable guide to preventing foodborne illness. This book explains how to detect hidden dangers at home or away, which foods are potentially unsafe, and how they become contaminated. Valuable tips include preventing the spread of bacteria in your kitchen, how to tell if food has gone ""bad,"" storing and serving safe foods, and how to pack bag lunches safely and order at restaurants, markets, and delis.

From the Back Cover

The definitive pocket guide on food safety?from the source America turns to for food and nutrition advice. Each year, about one in every 10 Americans develops a food-related illness. You can protect yourself with Safe Food for You and Your Family, an indispensable guide to preventing foodborne illness. This book explains how to detect hidden dangers at home or away, which foods are potentially unsafe, and how they become contaminated. Valuable tips include preventing the spread of bacteria in your kitchen, how to tell if food has gone "bad," storing and serving safe foods, and how to pack bag lunches safely and order at restaurants, markets, and delis.