1 This document is Circular 57, one of a series from the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. First published: February 2002. 2 Roy P.E. Yanong, Assistant Professor, Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Servic...

One act of intentional contamination of school meals can quickly harm many children. Food defense guidelines for schools exist; yet previous research has found communication, utility security, and physical security practices are infrequently implemented. A multi-site case study approach obtained a 360-degree assessment of food defense practices in five school districts. Meal production and serv...

Evidence is presented that the reciprocal exchange of social services among chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) rests on cognitive abilities that allow current behavior to be contingent upon a history of interaction. Food sharing within a captive colony of chimpanzees was studied by means of 200 food trials, conducted on separate days over a 3-year period, in which 6,972 approaches occurred among the...

Members of the ARS National Program in Food Safety (NP 108) Assessment Panel (NP108) met in Beltsville, Maryland on December 14 and 15, 2004 to conduct a retrospective evaluation of this program. This report summarizes the panel’s discussions, written assessments, and overall feedback regarding research and related program administration within NP108. An assessment of impact and relative streng...

As part of the business strategy in a competitive environment, for an organization to induct information technology (IT) appropriately, business process reengineering (BPR) must be conducted. We propose a process that incorporates both management information systems and strategic management concepts for the IT induction. First, we develop a business competition strategy based on Porter’s five c...

E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT This study was aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude and practice of food hygiene and safety among food service staff of UBTH. A descriptive cross-sectional study was done. Data collection was by means of a structured questionnaire. A total of 155 available food service staff was studied. Their mean age was 41.4 years (SD = 8.8 years). Majority (71.0...

How can we inspire service innovation through the co-design of public sector healthcare delivery particularly when facing a large and complex challenge? The design and development of a new prototype food service to address malnutrition in older adult hospital patients is used as a case study. It describes how methods used predominantly by designers have been adapted to empower, train, inspire, ...

This study reviews microbial quality of ready-to eat foods; specifically food safety, basic Hazard Analysis and Critical Point [HACCP] and public perception of food borne diseases. Others include the vulnerable group of food borne diseases, bacterial food borne diseases, causes of food borne diseases. The objective of this study is to review the microbial quality of vended foods in urban school...

1. This document is HS918, one of a series of the Horticultural Sciences Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: May 2003. Please visit the EDIS Web site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu. 2. Daniel J. Cantliffe, professor and chair, Horticultural Sciences Department; John J. Vansickle, professor, Food an...