Meredith Carothers, a food safety expert with the US Department of Agriculture, is encouraging consumers to avoid these common food safety mistakes for the Thanksgiving holiday meal.

Audio: Healthy Living

For Thanksgiving food safety questions, call the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854), email MPHotline@usda.gov, or chat live at ask.usda.gov from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

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