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SAFEFOOD NEWS - Summer 2002 - Vol 6, No. 4

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COMING EVENTS

ServSafe^® Trainings

Thinking Globally-Working Locally:
A Conference on Food Safety Education

September 18-20, 2002
Orlando, Florida

Check this website for this upcoming conference for food safety professionals from across the nation and around the world:
www.fsis.usda.gov/Orlando2002.

Key themes will include:

• Global Nature of the Food Supply
• State of Foodborne Illness in the U.S.
• Consumer Trends in Food Safety
• Latest Consumer Behavior Research
• Highlights from Successful Education Programs
• Lessons Learned in Crisis Communication
• Food Security

National Food Safety Education Month 2002

September marks the ninth annual National Food Safety Education MonthSM, one of the initiatives supported by the National Food Safety Initiative. The goals of the Month are:

• to reinforce food safety education and training among restaurant and foodservice workers.
• to educate the public to handle and prepare food properly at home, where food safety is equally important--whether cooking from scratch or serving take-out meals and restaurant leftovers.

National Food Safety Education MonthSM is sponsored by the National Restaurant Assocation Educational Foundation's International Food Safety Council. The initiative is focused on heightening the awareness of the importance of food safety education to the restaurant and foodservice industry and supported by many public and private sector organizations.

The consumer theme for 2002-2003 is "Four Steps to Food Safety." The theme for retail establishments is "CHECK IT OUT before you check it in." A CD-ROM with a variety of food safety education activities and ideas was sent to county Extension offices in June. This information can also be found on the website:
www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/september.html

Updated Monday, August 29, 2011