Food Safety

Dinner table set with food and drinks for Thanksgiving
Food Safety Reminders for the Holiday Season
Keep your friends and family safe when gathering for the holidays by properly cooking and baking
Whether you cook for yourself, a small gathering of families or friends or a large crowd, it all begins with safe food handling. Safe steps in food ha... Learn More
Big Nine Food Allergen with milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, and sesame
Allergen Awareness
What food service establishments can do to help guests with allergies
A food allergy is a potentially serious response to consuming certain foods or food additives. For those who are sensitive, a reaction can occur withi... Learn More
box of garden produce
Important Food Safety Information for Donating Produce to Food Pantries
New Hampshire food pantries benefit from fresh produce that is safely grown, harvested and donated by community members
World Food Safety Day, observed on June 7, serves as a global reminder of the critical role safe food plays in our lives. Produce from home gardens ca... Learn More
Shiitake mushrooms
Mushroom Food Safety
Helpful information for farmers diversifying their businesses with mushrooms
Tools for introducing production practices that mushroom growers can use to boost quality and shelf life while lowering the risk of contamination with... Learn More
Yellow chanterelle mushrooms in woods
Foraged Mushrooms Safety and Quality
Guidance for mushroom foraging in New Hampshire
Foraged wild mushroom food safety starts with learning how to identify safe, non-toxic, edible wild mushrooms. Whether foraging for your own use or yo... Learn More
rabbit with chicken
What You Need to Know About the Sale and Purchase of Uninspected Poultry and Rabbits to Licensed NH Restaurants
Important information for New Hampshire poultry and rabbit producers
Important information for New Hampshire poultry and rabbit producers Learn More
Plate of food
Five Safety Considerations for Cooking Challenges on Social Media
Learning new recipes can be fun, but it’s important to understand safety concerns
Social media provides a fun way to learn new recipes. But there are some harmful online cooking challenges that go “viral” on platforms like Facebook,... Learn More
Wendy Johnecheck
Wendy Johnecheck Joins UNH Extension as a Food Safety State Specialist
She brings over a decade of evaluating food safety risks with food producers and growers around the U.S.
Wendy Johnecheck has joined UNH Cooperative Extension as a food safety state specialist and a professor in the Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, &... Learn More
pickles
Using Great Grandmother’s Pickle Recipe – Is it Safe?
People often ask about canning pickle recipes that have been handed down from one generation to another. The question usually is, "Are these old pickl... Learn More
canning jars
Cakes and Breads Baked in Canning Jars: Are they safe?
UNH Extension strongly recommends not to bake and can cakes and breads in canning jars
Information on baking and “canning” breads and cakes in jars has been circulating for at least 25 years and, more recently, has been shared on social ... Learn More