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Ohio's New Food Safety Hotline

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For the first time, consumers may reach a food safety hotline at Ohio State University by e-mailing: foodsafety@osu.edu.  Or by calling 1-800-725-2751 (toll free in Ohio).

E-mailed questions will automatically go to the students answering hotline questions as well as a group of faculty members,studying different aspects of food safety from the Department of FoodScience and Technology, the Department of Human Nutrition, the FoodIndustries Center, and Ohio State University Extension.

Thanks to a partnership between The Kroger Co. and the Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT), Ohio State's Food Safety Hotline-1-800-752-2751 (toll-free in Ohio) . has had trained students answering calls from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday since July.

 

 

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