Seniors, and their food handlers and caregivers, need food safety and nutrition education

Food, Nutrition, and Cancer

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Nutrition and Food Sciences: Fascinating and Challenging

Risk Perception of Food Safety by School Food-handlers

An exploratory descriptive study was conducted with a qualitative approach that used focus groups. The objective of this study was to identify the risk perception of food safety by school food-handlers. The results indicated that the food production process has certain inadequacies, including the weak risk perception by the food-handlers regarding the student's health. The students, the pedagog...

Food Hygiene and Safety Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Food Preparation and Distribution Handlers in in Tehran University of Medical Sciences Hospitals

Safe food and proper nutrition play a vital role in the health of populations. Food-borne diseases are a serious public health problem. Food handlers working in the kitchen play an important role in the transmission of foodborne diseases. Food-borne diseases, especially those caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi, are preventable. Proper manpower training is a key factor in provision...

Food safety must accompany food and nutrition security.

1910 www.thelancet.com Vol 384 November 29, 2014 Despite progress in reducing undernutrition, our planet’s population is still aff ected by many food-related challenges, including vitamin and mineral defi ciencies, obesity, and non-communicable diseases. These challenges are fuelled, in part, by cheap, convenient, and highly-processed foods that are appealing to the taste. But food threats do n...