{"id":871,"date":"2025-01-21T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/?p=871"},"modified":"2025-01-21T12:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:08:01","slug":"refrigerator-cross-contamination-a-food-safety-bites-comic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/refrigerator-cross-contamination-a-food-safety-bites-comic\/","title":{"rendered":"Refrigerator Cross-Contamination, A\u00a0Food Safety Bites\u00a0comic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image.png 900w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Frankie (UGA Extension Specialist):&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>Hi Auntie Gia! Do you mind if I grab a snack from your fridge?&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Auntie Gia:<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;Help yourself!&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-873\" style=\"width:906px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-1.png 452w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Frankie (UGA Extension Specialist):&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>Uh, I think you have some cross-contamination going here that you may want to fix.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Auntie Gia:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>What do you mean?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-874\" style=\"width:835px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-2.png 449w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Frankie (UGA Extension Specialist):\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><em>Meat can contain harmful bacteria, and it\u2019s dripping onto your produce stored below. You won\u2019t be able to wash all those bacteria off your produc<\/em><strong><em>e\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-876\" style=\"width:694px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-4.png 452w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-4-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Frankie (UGA Extension Specialist):<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;\u2026so we need to throw these out and buy fresh ones. We should also move the meat to the bottom of the fridge and contain any future spills.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Auntie Gia: &nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>Oh dear!&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>ABOUT THE COMIC<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-5-1024x689.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-5-1024x689.png 1024w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-5-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-5-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-5-1536x1033.png 1536w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/image-5.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Frankie is an Extension food safety specialist at UGA. Her aunt and uncle bring the tastiest foods to family functions, but she always has to remind them (and everyone else) about keeping everyone&#8217;s food safe without skimping on flavor! Refresh your food safety knowledge alongside Auntie Gia and Uncle Harry as Frankie helps them stay food safe. This new monthly comic is a collaboration between UGA Extension food safety experts in the CAES Department of Food Science and Technology and the Office of Marketing and Communications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frankie (UGA Extension Specialist):&nbsp;Hi Auntie Gia! Do you mind if I grab a snack from your fridge?&nbsp; Auntie Gia:&nbsp;Help yourself!&nbsp; Frankie (UGA Extension Specialist):&nbsp;Uh, I think you have some cross-contamination going here that you may want to fix.&nbsp; Auntie Gia:&nbsp;What do you mean?&nbsp;&nbsp; Frankie (UGA Extension Specialist):&nbsp;\u2026so we need to throw these out and buy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","tag-home-food-preservation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions\/882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/foodscienceandtechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}