{"id":37428,"date":"2010-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/24\/wellness-wednesday-poison-center-turkey-talk\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:33:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:33:48","slug":"wellness-wednesday-poison-center-turkey-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/24\/wellness-wednesday-poison-center-turkey-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Wednesday &#8212; Poison center turkey talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Food is a central focus at many holiday gatherings. It is no surprise during this busy time that many cooks take short-cuts. Therefore, the Nebraska Regional Poison Center sees an increase in food-borne illnesses during the holidays. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WellnessWednesday.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\">The major source of food poisonings is from improper handling, preparation, cooking and storage. <\/p>\n<p>Here are some tips to make your holidays safe:<br \/>\n<UL><LI>DO keep turkey in its original wrapping, refrigerated until ready to cook.<br \/>\n<LI>DO make sure the sell-by-date has not expired.<br \/>\n<LI>DO defrost a frozen turkey by refrigeration or a cold water bath.<br \/>\n<LI>DO allow one day for every 5 pounds to defrost in the refrigerator. In a cold water bath, change the water every 30 minutes. A 20 pound turkey will take 12 hours to defrost in cold water.<br \/>\n<LI>DO use a meat thermometer to check if turkey is done. The turkey should cook until the internal temperature reaches 180-185 degrees.<br \/>\n<LI>DO pierce the turkey in the thickest area of the thigh, making sure the juices run clear and are not pink.<br \/>\n<LI>DO remove the stuffing immediately after the turkey is cooked.<br \/>\n<LI>DO store the turkey and stuffing separately.<br \/>\n<LI>DO store leftover turkey in the refrigerator and use within 3-4 days.<br \/>\n<LI>DO store leftover stuffing and gravy in the refrigerator and use within 1-2 days.<br \/>\n<LI>DON&#8217;T defrost a turkey at room temperature. Bacteria can multiply on outer layers before inner layers have defrosted.<br \/>\n<LI>DON&#8217;T leave an uncooked thawed turkey out of the refrigerator longer than two hours.<br \/>\n<LI>DON&#8217;T partially cook the turkey one day and continue roasting the next day.<br \/>\n<LI>DON&#8217;T stuff the bird the night before cooking.<br \/>\n<LI>DON&#8217;T leave leftovers out on the counter longer than three hours.<br \/>\n<LI>DON&#8217;T store leftover stuffing in the turkey.<br \/>\n<LI>DON&#8217;T re-freeze a thawed uncooked turkey.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>The Nebraska Regional Poison Center offers tips on Thanksgiving safety and poison prevention as a free community service. For more information, contact the Nebraska Regional Poison Center  at 1-800-222-1222.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some tips on food safety issues from the Nebraska Regional Poison Center. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","topic-wellness","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines","author_override-story-contributed-by-the-nebraska-regional-poison-center"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wellness Wednesday -- Poison center turkey talk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Some tips on food safety issues from the Nebraska Regional Poison Center.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/24\/wellness-wednesday-poison-center-turkey-talk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wellness Wednesday -- Poison center turkey talk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some tips on food safety issues from the Nebraska Regional Poison Center.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/24\/wellness-wednesday-poison-center-turkey-talk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-11-24T06:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-03T01:33:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/WellnessWednesday.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karen Burbach\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karen Burbach\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/24\/wellness-wednesday-poison-center-turkey-talk\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2010\/11\/24\/wellness-wednesday-poison-center-turkey-talk\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Karen Burbach\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/ee8fa869fc007fb3f02acf871a6c41d8\"},\"headline\":\"Wellness Wednesday &#8212; 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