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Food Safety at Home: Everyday Habits That Prevent Illness
Food safety is something most people rarely think about until someone gets sick. At home, it’s easy to believe that meals are naturally safer than restaurant food because we know where the ingredients came from and how they were prepared. I used to think the same way. As long as meat was cooked thoroughly and leftovers were placed in the refrigerator, I assumed I was doing everything correctly. Then one weekend, while cleaning out my refrigerator, I found several containers of leftovers pushed to the back of the top shelf. None of them looked obviously spoiled, but I couldn’t remember when I had cooked them. I stood there wondering whether they were still safe to eat. In the end, I