Always remember to clean, separate, cook and chill to ensure a pleasant cookout for all.

• Wash your hands with warm water and soap for at least 20 seconds before and after handling food.
• Always marinate foods in the refrigerator, not on the counter or outdoors.
• Don't use sauce that was used to marinate raw meat or poultry on cooked food.
• When grilling foods, preheat the coals on your grill for 20 or 30 minutes, or until the coals are lightly coated with ash.
• If you partially cook food in the microwave, oven or stove to reduce grilling time, do so immediately before the food goes on the hot grill.

When it's time to cook the food, cook it to a safe internal temperature. Use a food thermometer to be sure.

SAFE MINIMUM INTERNAL TEMPERATURES Whole poultry: 165 °F Poultry breasts: 165 °F Ground poultry: 165 °F Hamburgers, beef: 160 °F Beef, veal, and lamb (steaks, roasts and chops): Medium rare 145 °F Medium 160 °F All cuts of pork: 160 °F Fin fish: 145 °F or until the flesh is opaque and separates easily with a fork. Shrimp, lobster and crabs: The meat should be pearly and opaque. Clams, oysters and mussels: Until the shells are open.

Never place cooked food on a plate that previously held raw meat, poultry, seafood or eggs. Be sure to have plenty of clean utensils and platters.

Grilled food can be kept hot until served by moving it to the side of the grill rack, just away from the
coals where it can overcook.

Never let raw meat, poultry, eggs, cooked food or cut fresh fruits or vegetables sit at room temperature more than two hours before putting them in the refrigerator or freezer (one hour when the temperature is above 90 °F.)

Food safety is most important when it comes to firing up the grill this spring and summer. Remember these tips to keep you and your family safe.

Resources: www.fightbac.org

Great Grilling Recipes

Lime Chicken Shish Kabobs
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Roasted Chili Corn on the Cob
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Easy Shrimp Teriyaki
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Grilled Portabella Mushrooms
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Grilled Summer Vegetables
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Grilled Turkey Burgers
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Brown Mustard Beef Kabobs
http://giantfoodstores.gsnrecipes.com/recipes/RecipeShow.aspx?recipe_id= 13393&searchstring=

Fiesta Pork Kabobs
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