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Food Safety
Issue:
Consumers are frequently ignorant of basic tenets of food safety: the importance of cooking and storage temperatures and the need to wash hands and utensils frequently. Consequently at least 50% of foodborne illness is caused by improper handling or preparation. These issues affect everyone from food producers and processors to retailers, food service handlers, and consumers.
Actions:
UME collaborated with the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, county health departments, and State Child Care Administration to develop programs that:
Impacts:
Feeding the Community, Safely! and Feeding the Children, Safely! were presented to 1,115 participants through 45 educational programs in 11 Maryland counties during 2001. A 14% improvement was recorded through pre and post-test scores.
Consumers are frequently ignorant of basic tenets of food safety: the importance of cooking and storage temperatures and the need to wash hands and utensils frequently. Consequently at least 50% of foodborne illness is caused by improper handling or preparation. These issues affect everyone from food producers and processors to retailers, food service handlers, and consumers.
Actions:
UME collaborated with the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, county health departments, and State Child Care Administration to develop programs that:
- identify proper food storage and preparation techniques,
- identify environmental issues relevant to food safety, and
- increase the frequency of safe food handling practices andsanitation.
Two curriculum packages (Feeding the Community, Safely! and Feeding the Children, Safely!) have been developed to reach this need.
Impacts:
Feeding the Community, Safely! and Feeding the Children, Safely! were presented to 1,115 participants through 45 educational programs in 11 Maryland counties during 2001. A 14% improvement was recorded through pre and post-test scores.
For more information, contact Richard Byrne
Last updated: 11/13/2009