This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday and many will creating some yummy eats! Here is some important info to keep in mind as you prepare your snacks!
For many people this snack-filled day will end in food poisoning (i.e. salmonella, e.coli)…and in some cases even death – CDC estimates that approximately 1 in 6 Americans suffer from food poisoning each year and that 3,000 people die from it.
Food poisoning has lots of causes, including leaving food out too long, but with four easy steps, Clean – Separate – Cook – Chill, you can make sure your readers don’t become part of this statistic. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services have teamed up with the Ad Council to launch the “Food Safe Families” campaign (http://www.foodsafety.gov/) and has critical tips to share with you and your readers to ensure they enjoy the big game between New York and New England, and all the good eats that come with it!
Fun Fact: More than 1.25 billion wing portions will be consumed during Super Bowl weekend in 2012, totaling more than 100 million pounds of wings, according to the National Chicken Council’s (NCC) 2012 Wing Report.
So my suggestion is to start at 4:30, get the food made so you can enjoy it when the game starts! Leaving out raw meats is very dangerous and it’s easy with the Super Bowl to get distracted by the game (or in my case the Commercials!) and not get to the grill as quickly as you would like.
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