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USDA Uses Twitter to Tweet Turkey Tips
Everyone is using Twitter so why not the USDA? The USDA’s first “Turkey Tweets” campaign started this week to give consumers tips for preparing a successful and safe Thanksgiving day meal. Twitter users can read helpful "Turkey Tweets" right up through he day after Thanksgiving.
The USDA is also providing a live Facebook chat to answer questions about safe holiday food preparation.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is joining forces with the USDA will send out a fresh turkey tip via Twitter. The tips help you prepare a successful and safe holiday meal.
Twitter users can follow the profile @USDAfoodsafety to read all the Turkey Tweets. The tips take you day by day through buying, freezing, refrigerating, thawing, preparing, roasting and serving the bird—and, of course, to storing and eating the leftovers.
If you miss a tweet, you can find all of the Turkey Tweets on Twitter by searching or clicking on the #turkeytweets hashtag or by going to http://search.twitter.com and typing in #turkeytweets.
In addition to getting some great tips on Twitter, the FSIS’s food safety education staff introduces another innovative way to connect: A live Facebook chat with Diane Van of the Food Safety Education Service. She’ll answer questions about safe holiday food prep on the USDA Facebook page on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. Eastern time.
You can ask questions during the chat or leave them on the Facebook page.
The new Turkey Tweets and Facebook Chat join two long-standing USDA holiday food safety outreach services:
The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline phone service, available daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET, in English and Spanish. 1-888-674-6854 (Special Thanksgiving Day hours: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET)
The Ask Karen “virtual assistant” service, which provides answers to common food safety questions 24/7 at www.askkaren.gov.
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