The songs say it all! “School’s Out.”
“Summer Breeze.” “Under the Boardwalk.” “Surfin’ USA.” “Those Lazy-Hazy-Days of
Summer.” Yes, “Summertime, and the Livin’ Is Easy,”  with picnics, barbecues, beaching, camping
trips, enjoying the beauty and ease of the outdoors before time for “hibernation.”
But what the songs do not tell us is that summer time is also the peak
season for food poisoning, or foodborne illness.

According to the US
Department of Agriculture (USDA), there are two reasons for
the spike in foodborne illness during s…