The recent salmonellosis food-borne illness outbreak associated with certain types of raw red tomatoes puts the spotlight on the importance of food safety, according to Dr. Beth Reames, LSU AgCenter ...

You’ve just gotten home from the grocery store with some fresh strawberries. You set them down in the kitchen and walk away for a moment, only to come back and find your kids have already started ...

It is important to handle fruits and vegetables (and all foods) properly to prevent food poisoning. Food poisoning, also called foodborne illness, is caused by eating food that contains bacteria or ...

Why Are People Washing Fruit With Vinegar, and Is It Safe? True, vinegar’s acidic properties can help kill bacteria, which is one of the reasons we love using the multi-purpose ingredient around our ...

Adequately washing fresh fruit and vegetables is Cooking 101, but does soaking produce really make it safer to eat? A video of aphids crawling over a bowl of broccoli has gone viral on TikTok, ...

Most produce arrives to your home safe for consumption, according to the USDA, but washing these 12 types of fruits and vegetables is still a good idea. David Watsky Managing Editor / Home and Kitchen ...

Based on questions and comments I’ve gotten over the years when I have written about food safety or fruit and vegetable primers, I started researching a story about why it’s not a good idea to wash ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — You wash dishes, you wash your hands, but it seems overkill to wash your fruit the same way doesn't it? It won't after this... "When you cut into the melon, if you don't rinse it ...

Are you a religious fresh produce washer, or do you give your broccoli more of a cursory splash? Or maybe you don't bother at all. Testing recently uncovered the presence of a banned chemical in fresh ...