When most people think about Thanksgiving, the first things that comes to mind for most are food, family and football.
But one thing that should be on top of everyone’s priority list is food safety. Meat and poultry, the centerpiece of many holiday feasts, if not prepared correctly, can cause food-borne illnesses.
U.S. federal statistics show that millions of people become ill from food-borne diseases, and as many as 5,000 die each year as a result of micro-organisms in food.
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