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SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE                                  Telephone (803) 734-2210

D. LESLIE TINDAL, COMMISSIONER                                        Becky Walton, Director of Public Information

P.O. Box 11280, Columbia, South Carolina 29211                                       bwalton@scda.state.sc.us

www.scda.state.sc.us

September is Food Safety Education Month, an annual observance to focus attention on the importance of safe food handling and preparation in both home and commercial kitchens. Created by the foodservice industry in 1995, National Food Safety Education Month is widely supported by federal, state, and local government agencies, the food industry, and consumer organizations.

For more information about National Food Safety Education Month or about food safety issues and solutions, call 202-260-8920 or log on to www.foodsafety.gov.