Save This USDA Hotline For Thanksgiving Food Safety Questions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture may not be the first place you think of when you’re unsure if it’s okay to stuff your turkey the night before, but there’s a hotline built to answer these kinds of questions precisely. Add 1-888-MPHotline to your contacts and be the hero everyone needs in their Thanksgiving prep.

The hotline is meat and poultry hotlineYou can call us year-round for food safety questions related to meat, poultry, or eggs. Humans stay until Thanksgiving this year will open 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET.

You can also get answers by email if you have phone phobia. Please send your questions to MPHotline@usda.gov.Live chat is also available Ask USDA.

We’ve also answered many of the most frequently asked Thanksgiving questions in advance. These questions can be accessed outside of business hours via his website above or as an automated message on the hotline. It includes things like:

we also have Find answers to other food safety questions hereAnd while you’re at it, you can read why Your turkey popper upper timer is garbage and should be thrown away. (Your turkey is not Unsafe, just overheated. ) Are you ready? Go and roast.