Ohioans now can get the food safety information they need thanks to a new Ohio State food safety website, http://foodsafety.osu.edu, that offers consumers, health professionals and people who are at high risk of food-borne illness easy-to-understand, "plain talk" information that they can incorporate easily in their day-to-day life, said Lydia Medeiros, food safety specialist with OSU Extension and one of the leaders in developing the site. Medeiros is also a scientist with OARDC and professor of human nutrition in the College of Education and Human Ecology.

Consumers with food safety questions often don't know where to turn for reliable answers. Now, thanks to a new partnership between The Kroger Co. and the Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT), consumers are being encouraged to contact Ohio State University Extension's Food Safety Hotline at 1-800-752-2751 (toll-free in Ohio), available between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may email questions to: foodsafety@osu.edu.