Don't guess! Pick up the phone
and call!
Not
sure how long meat can be kept in the freezer?
Don't
know how long to cook hamburger to kill those nasty illness-causing
bacteria?
Don't
just guess! Pick up the phone and talk to the food experts who
staff the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Meat and Poultry hotline.
It's
almost inconceivable in this world of impersonal voice mail,
but living, breathing home economists, food technologists, and
registered dietitians staff the hotline from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Eastern time every day of the year.
All
you need to do is call (800) 535-4555. If you live in Washington,
D.C. area, the number is (202) 720-3333.
For
off-hour questions, the hotline offers an extensive selection
of food safety recordings that you can hear 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, with the help of your touch-tone phone.
