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Barbecue season is upon us so let's celebrate by grilling, since it's an easy and lowfat way to cook. If you're grilling meat, protect your health by marinating your meat. Here are five things on the whys and hows of marinating.
Food Poisoning From Vacuum-Packed Food!?!
Those perfectly sealed shiny packs of sliced cheese, raw meat, and deli cold cuts won't seem so perfect after you hear this: The packaging could be responsible for a deadly type of food poisoning.
Vacuum-packed foods are deprived of oxygen to keep them fresh and boost their shelf life, but according to new research, the lack of oxygen is what this bacteria, known as Listeria monocytogenes, loves most. Listeria monocytogenes a super-bacteria of sorts can even grow in the cold temperatures found in refrigerators.
Oscar Mayer Chicken Recalled, Among Others
Yet another popular food item has been recalled due to being infected with a deadly bacteria.
Carolina Culinary Foods has recalled 52,650 pounds of fully cooked chicken breasts produced on Jan. 9 and distributed nationwide to retailers.
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Listeria Hysteria at Jamba Juice
Consumers in the U.S. Southwest are being warned that Jamba Juice Co. smoothies containing strawberries may be contaminated with the potentially deadly Listeria monocytogenes bacterium (commonly known just as Listeria), which can cause potentially deadly infections in children, the elderly and other people with weakened immune systems.
Produce Cleaners?
At the grocery store, I noticed a bottle of fruit and veggie wash. If you've seen it too, I bet you've wondered if it's necessary to use in order to clean produce effectively?
While it's very important to wash your produce since you don't know how many hands have touched your tomatoes or manhandled your melons, there's no need for a special cleaner.
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Listeriosis
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Food poisoning
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- Signs and tests
- Treatment
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- Complications
- Calling your health care provider
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