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Cookout Food Safety Tips

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Some food safety tips for your Independence Day cookout. That’s coming up on this line of Ours.

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Using a digital thermometer when you barbecue beaf steak, spare ribs, poultry, and other meat is just one food safety tip for your cookout.
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