Turtles might be cute, but they can also be a nasty pet.
Posted: January 30th, 2008 - 4:14pm by Ben Chapman
I'm not talking about the smell, the potential for nasty bites or the general boring-ness of the pet -- they have also been linked to over 100 cases of Salmonella in the past 8 months. We use the turtle outbreaks as a focus for this week's infosheet, as a reminder to food handlers about the potential for pets to pass on pathogens.Click here to download the infosheet.
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Dr. Ben Chapman is an assistant professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. He's interested in learning from and sharing stories from outbreaks. Through using new methods and messages, Ben hopes to compel folks from farm-to-fork to change food safety behavior and create a culture of food safety.
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