Food Hotlines -- Meat and Poultry

Company	Products	Contact Information	Hotline
			Hours (EST)	Days
Bessin Corporation	Sausage, bagel dogs, freezer packed meats (Kosher)		8:00am-5:00pm	M-F
Bob Evans Farm, Inc.	sausage	1-800-272-PORK	8:00am-5:00pm	M-F
Eckrich	Eckrich meats, including smoked sausage and processed meats	1-800-325-7424	9:30am-5:30pm	M-F
Empire Kosher	kosher poultry	1-800-EMPIRE4	8:00am-4:00pm	M-F
Heavenly Ham	hams, turkeys	1-800-845-4267 http:/www./heavenlyham.com	10:00am-5:00pm	M-Sat
Hillshire Farm and Kahns	all Hillshire Farm and Kahns meats	1-800-543-4465	7:30am-5:00pm	M-F
Hormel	all Hormel foods	1-800-523-4635	9:00am-5:00pm	M-F
Kroger	meat preparation tips	1-800-632-6900	9:00am-5:30pm	M-F
Omaha Steaks International	beef, lamb, fish, poultry	1-800-228-9872 http://www.omahasteaks.com	10:00am-10:00pm 10:00am-7:00pm noon-7:00pm	M-F Sat Sun
Pork Information Bureau	pork products	1-800-937-PORK	24 hrs	all
USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline	questions relating to food-borne illness and reading food labels	1-800-535-4555 http://www.usda.gov	10:00am-4:00pm	M-F

This document is Fact Sheet HE 8466, a series of the Home Economics Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: February 1994. Revised November 1997. Mark L. Tamplin, Associate Professor, Food Safety Specialist, Home Economics Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611.

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