A not-for-profit foundation has called for more of a focus on food hygiene in schools.
The Reckitt Global Hygiene Institute was set up in 2020 to build a body of research that can contribute to
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Lloyd’s Register Foundation has identified three areas of focus for its future efforts and investment.
A foresight review revealed a roadmap for food safety which focuses on funding and research for education and training, traceability
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The public health organization STOP Foodborne Illness has launched a crowdfunding campaign to educate emergency room doctors about foodborne illness. The organization is trying to raise $15,000 on everydayhero.com to pay for creation of an
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There’s a lack of food-safety education in schools that, if addressed, could help reduce the high rates of foodborne illness among children. Each year, an estimated 48 million Americans contract a foodborne illness, resulting in
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One way to teach kids about food safety and nutrition is to teach their teachers. That’s the idea behind a training program the Food and Drug Administration has been running for the past 15 years
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Today we celebrate educators. In the days ahead we’ll celebrate leaders in consumer groups, government agencies, non-government organizations, the food industry and the news media. Of course, no list is ever complete so if
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Older adults–along with pregnant women, young children and immune-compromised individuals–face a higher risk of severe illness from foodborne pathogens than the rest of the population. However, a new study suggests that the elderly and their
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If you ask consumers what food safety means to them, many people stare at you like deer in the headlights. “Hmmm? I’ve heard of healthy foods, but I never really thought about safe foods, but
In one of its many outreach programs, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently teamed up with The Kendall Demonstration Elementary School (KDES) in Washington, D.C. to bring food safety education to deaf and hard of hearing students.
Dr. Joellen Feirtag wears many hats. One day she is a food sleuth, taking swab samples at a meat plant to find the origin of an E. coli outbreak. The next, she is instructing its employees in food safety. Next week
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