Safe Food & Water

MSU Extension offers high-quality, affordable programs that help Michigan residents learn the importance of safe food and water in their everyday lives. Our research-based programs help food handlers learn safe food-preservation skills and techniques.

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How to avoid the temperature danger zone

Published on August 17, 2018

Knowing the correct temperatures involved in cooking, holding and storing food is a critical step in avoiding foodborne illness.

Tomatoes: Canning safely at home

Published on August 6, 2018

Safely can tomatoes at home to savor all winter.

Preserving vegetables from home

Published on August 3, 2018

Easy and quick methods for freezing fresh vegetables.

Wax on produce

Published on August 1, 2018

Why there may be wax on your produce.

Don’t open the freezer if the power is out

Published on July 31, 2018

Each time you open the freezer door while the power is, you increase the interior temperature and decreases the time foods will hold safely without power.