Family Living Focus by Margaret R. Malehom Cumberland Co. Extension Agent Healthy Kids: Eat Safe Food Harmful microorganisms that get into food and cause disease is called foodbome illness. Some foodborne illnesses have symp toms like an upset stomach, vomiting and diarrhea. Others are more serious and make peo ple very sick. Children are espe cially at risk from foodborne ill nesses because their immune systems are not fully developed. A growing number of children are responsible for preparing their own food at home, thus DEPy Penn State Cooperative Extension Team Up HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Department of Environ mental Protection (DEP) Secre tary James M. Seif announced 3-SIDED ENTERTAINMENT \ CENTER | - I Ret. Ret. $799.95 . -, ■' I 1! Our Price 1 I | 1 5289959 95 1 OFFw/COUPOtj^ WORKING DRAWER I 3 PC. END TABLE SET , I Your Choice - LighVDark Pine, fcosa WH? Thick Wood Set I » i I our Price JSUS.SI*-. B ' Ceih Price $589.95 1 [UnderWholesale) SABA9S . 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September is National Food Safety Education Month, and as millions of students head back to school with homemade lunches, a few reminders to keep hot foods hot and cold foods cold. School lunches can be safely made ahead of time, the night before, and kept cold either in the refrigerator or the freezer. Pack a freezer gel pack as a cold To Offer Composting Workshops monwealth can meet its goal of Each person who preregisters recycling 35 percent of all waste and attends a workshop taught generated,” Seif said. “This co- by a master composter, will re operative effort between DEP ceive a free composting bin as and Penn State Cooperative Ex- long as supplies last. The tension is an exciting opportune- 45-minute workshop is repeated ty for residents to learn about na- 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m., and 8 hire’s own way of recycling. Plus, P- m - Thursday, Oct. 19, at the composting at home is something County Annex Building, 112 everyone can do to help reduce Pleasant Acres Road, York in the amount of waste going to a meeting room 2. Choose only one landfill ” time slot to attend. For direc- Penn State Cooperative Exten- ti( ! ns ’ cal ! (717) 408 ' To S .o„ of York Co r , is homing ° n ard c °m- tive Extension at (717) 840-7408. posting this fall. “We must con- st , encourage every tmue to find more efficient and one to one of th * se wor £. economical ways to recycle our shops to leam about compost . resources if we are to become a ing ” Seif said. “Biodegradable huly sustainable society, said waste, such as banana peels, Bob Steele, dean of the College grass clippings, leaves and even of Agricultural Sciences at Penn coffee grounds, will break down State University. “We are com- into compost. 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Hot foods such as soup, chili, or stew, should be kept piping hot in an insulated bottle. Add hot water to the insulated bottle, let it stand for a few minutes, then empty and fill with hot food. For more information about safe school lunches or food safe ty, call the extension office in your county, or contact the Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-800-535-4555. You can also find more food safety informa tion on the Web at www.fsis.us da.gov.
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