Cooperative Extension ServiceFood Safety

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• Food Safety Laboratory

• Food Technology
  Information for food producers; food regulations, process review of acidified foods and analysis for nutritional labeling.
  

  • Home-Bases Food Processors program
  • Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Program for New Mexico
  • Beef Jerky Processing
  • New Mexico Food Industry Resource Guide
  • Better Process Control School
  • Artisan Cheese Making Workshop

• Don't Wash Your Chicken
  Although raw chicken and turkey can carry bacteria on their surfaces, research has shown that washing raw poultry under running water in your kitchen sink is a bad idea.

• Because I Care, I Wash My Hands
  A 5-day visual and musical curriculum teaching hand washing in child care centers

Publications

FREE! Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station publications.

Videos

• Food Safety playlist

• Part 1: Canning Low-Acid Foods Using a Pressure Canner: Preparation
• Part 2: Canning Low-Acid Foods Using a Pressure Canner: Canning Green Chile

• It’s Turkey Time: What to Buy
• It’s Turkey Time: Thawing and Preparing Your Bird
• It’s Turkey Time: Cooking and Food Safety

• Playlist

• Pea Salad
• Corn Salad
• Fruit Salad
• Cowboy Salad

• Main Dishes
• Side Dishes

• Hair Restraints