Keep Your Healthy Food Safe
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Transcript of Keep Your Healthy Food Safe
Keep Your Healthy Food Safe
Laura Astbury, MS, RD
April 30, 2009
Introduction
• Food Safety Facts
• Foodborne Illness in Arizona
• At risk populations
• Food Safety Education Resources– Fight BAC!– Germ City
Food Safety Facts
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that foodborne microorganisms cause 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations and an unknown number of chronic conditions.1
• The CDC estimates that foodborne illness causes 5,000 deaths each year.1
1Retrieved from: http://www.fightbac.org/content/view/13/19/
Food Safety Facts cont.
• USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) estimates that medical costs and losses in productivity resulting from five bacterial foodborne pathogens in 2000 was $6.9 billion.1
1Retrieved from: http://www.fightbac.org/content/view/13/19/
Foodborne Illness in Arizona
• 2,622 reported cases of foodborne illnesses in 2007– 997 salmonella cases– 962 campylobacteriosis cases– 106 E. coli 0157:H7 cases– 12 listeriosis cases
At Risk Populations
• Infants and young children
• Pregnant women
• Older adults
• People with weakened immune systems caused by cancer treatment, diabetes, AIDS, and bone marrow and organ transplants
Fight BAC!
• http://www.fightbac.org/-
• Education materials– Curriculum for kids– Community outreach– Community tips– Foodborne illness information– Seasonal press releases– And much more…
Fight BAC! Cont.
• Grades K-3Information about the Partnership for Food Safety Education's (PFSE) FightBAC! education program for children in grades K-3 from planning to use the program to presenting the program to the story of BAC
• Grades 4-8Your game plan for food safety - experiments, games and activities
• Grades 9-12Directs BAC fighters to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Safety program for high school students
“Handwashing is the single most important means of preventing the spreading of infection.” -Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta,GA
Germ City
• Germ City: Clean Hands, Healthy People
• Science-based hand washing program
• Designed for use at fairs, festivals, elementary and middle schools, food service operations, and health care facilities
Germ City
• Products– Science-based curriculum: K-8th grade with
age-appropriate evaluation tools– Germ City unit, CD, set-up guide and posters– Parent newsletter and support materials for
teachers and students– Fair and festival guide and volunteer training
program and a video guide– Marketing materials: pencils, tee shirts,
stickers, clings with steps of handwashing
Germ City
Germ CityOrdering information:
B. Susie CraigWashington State University Extension200 Mill Avenue South, Suite 100Renton, WA 98057Phone: 206.205.3161Email: [email protected]
or
Karen A. KerrSales and Marketing DirectorHigh Impact ExhibitsTradeshow Consulting and Exhibit Sales Phone: 360.740.0777Fax: 360.740.0454
Additional Food Safety Resources
• AzNN Food Demonstration Guide
• USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service– Be Food Safe– Thermy– Fight Bac!– Is It Done Yet?– National Food Safety Education Month