Cooking & Food Safety

We offer educational resources, including online certifications for Texas food handlers, on cooking and food safety. Whether you are a cottage food producer, a farmer’s market vendor or you are cooking for your family, our resources teach all Texans the basics of safe food handling, preparation, cooking, serving and storing.

Related Departments: Food Science & Technology, Nutrition

 

 

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Cooking Well Series

The Cooking Well Series is a suite of programs which includes various lessons of interactive classes with research-based information accompanied by a cooking component. Resources for this program are provided by county agents directly.
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Cooking & Food Safety

Publications

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This egg safety bulletin provides facts about the: Industry Salmonella FDA egg food safety tips How to determine if your eggs have been recalled Recommended websites (4 pages)

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Celebrate Easter with a safe Easter egg hunt by following the guidelines in this publication.

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Poultry is often seen as a food that is high in protein, nutritious, less expensive and can be made many ways. Poultry can also be a very safe food when taking precautions. This publication will teach you how to handle poultry meat products for safe consumption.

Programs

We offer numerous free and affordable programs on agriculture and natural resources, family and community health, economic health and youth development. We also offer many volunteer opportunities. Browse the list below.
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These proven beef quality practices are simply better methods of doing the same jobs you’re already doing.

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The Texas 4-H Family & Community Health Program provides a variety of resources and opportunities to learn about nutrition, interior design, consumer education and more.

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Balancing Food & Play (grades 3rd-5th) was developed to address children’s health issues by developing lifelong healthy behaviors through nutrition, physical activity, and family engagement.

Courses

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This course is designed to educate occupational therapy practitioners on how to improve OT services provided to farmers and ranchers with a disability. Modules cover assessment, agriculture tasks, hazard safety, common conditions, ergonomics, assistive technology, modifications, and resources.

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This course discusses health communication, why it is needed, and the steps for building your own health communication plan.

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Research shows that implementing policies can help promote behavior change. This one-hour course will walk learners through the steps of policy development, implementation and evaluation.

All Resources on Cooking & Food Safety

  • Publication

    This egg safety bulletin provides facts about the: Industry Salmonella FDA egg food safety tips How to determine if your eggs have been recalled Recommended websites (4 pages)

  • Publication

    Celebrate Easter with a safe Easter egg hunt by following the guidelines in this publication.

  • Publication

    Poultry is often seen as a food that is high in protein, nutritious, less expensive and can be made many ways. Poultry can also be a very safe food when taking precautions. This publication will teach you how to handle poultry meat products for safe consumption.

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    The demand for boneless chicken meat is increasing because of the development of food service convenience products and new cooking methods. This publication will teach you how to properly debone a broiler chicken.

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    Cutting up a chicken is easier than most people think. This publication walks you through cutting up a chicken.

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