Is it finally spring? (if so, grill safely)

++ It's been a long, hard winter in much of the country; but, it's finally starting to look like spring is here.  As soon as the path to the grill thaws out, people will eager to start summer-time activities.  Here are some guidelines for keeping food safe:

• Clean - your hands, your grill, your equipment, etc.  For example, if you can sing "Happy Birthday" faster than you wash your hands, you haven't had time to scrub the germs away.
• Separate - cooked foods from raw, meat juice from anything else, etc.  For example, don't use the same plate to take raw burgers to the grill and cooked ones to the table (unless you wash it between those two trips). 
• Cook - food until done enough to be safe, and you can't always tell by the color.  Those burgers should be at least 160 degrees. 
• Chill - left-over food right away when finished with the meal

For more food safety information, go to foodsafety.org (see the Food Safety page).
For recipes on-line, start your search at KidsEatRight.org .