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Cooperative Extension agent warns about food-safety risks, offers tips for preserving herbs
Summary
Janice Roberts of Moore County Cooperative Extension reviewed produce-safety basics (safe water, contamination vectors), cited national foodborne-illness figures and gave practical herb-preservation and food-safety advice, including a botulism warning for garlic‑in‑oil stored at room temperature.
Janice Roberts, Family & Consumer Science Agent with Moore County Cooperative Extension, tied backyard gardening to food safety and preserving culinary herbs in a senior-center Lunch & Learn session.
She highlighted the scale of the public-health problem: "48 million cases of food born illness a year about 127,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths," numbers she used to frame why proper handling matters for home gardeners and small-scale producers.
Roberts reviewed common contamination paths for produce: human handling…
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