September is both National Chicken Month and National Food Safety Education Month.
As part of National Chicken Month, the National Chicken Council (NCC) invites you to keep watch for in-store promotions and online contests, recipes, fun facts and more. The average American will consume about 83 lbs. of chicken this year. NCC encourages people this month: “Don’t be average.”
NCC will also be celebrating National Chicken Month with a “Chicken a Day.” They’ll share a #chickenaday for each of the 30 days of September to reflect on all of the joy brought to us from America’s favorite protein. Whether it’s your favorite chicken dish, a stuffed animal, a T-shirt or something else entirely, any picture that’s your “Chicken a Day” can be shared.
When fans use the hashtag #ChickenADay they’ll automatically be entered into a sweepstakes to win $500, enough for one free chicken meal per week for a year – through either a gift card to a local grocery store or to a local chicken chain restaurant. The winner will be chosen randomly from the pool of entrants and contacted to claim their prize.
As part of National Food Safety Education Month, NCC is joining with the Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) to bring safe food handling and cooking practices to the forefront of consumers’ minds.
PFSE and NCC will be participating in two Twitter chats on Sept. 25: “I Live Food Safety Month 365 Days a Year” and “Kanny Kitchen – Food Safety Basics for a Hectic Life.” Follow @Fight_BAC to get all the details.
Information and educational tools are available free at fightbac.org. For more information about safe handling and cooking tips for chicken, visit chickencheck.in/farm-to-table.
