2. Background
• Unsafe food causes many acute and life-long
diseases, ranging from diarrhoeal diseases to various
forms of cancer.
• World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that
foodborne and waterborne diarrhoeal diseases taken
together kill about 2.2 million people annually, 1.9
million of them children.
•
4. Situation and
mission
• Foodborne diseases and threats to food
safety constitute a growing public health
problem.
• Assist Member States to strengthen
their programs for improving the safety
of food all the way from production to
final consumption.
5. • USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) host a
food safety education conference on March 23-26,2010.
• Titiled “Advancements in Food Safety Education:
Trends, Tools and Technologies”
6. Importance of FSE
Food Safety Education is necessary:
Empowering consumers worldwide with
knowledge and better safe food handling
behaviors is the best line of defense against
pathogens causing foodborne illness.
8. Through social media
• Increases the dissemination and potential impact
• Reaches diverse audiences
• Facilitates interactive communication and
community
• Empowers people to make healthier and safer
decisions
9. Food safety Education
Departments Resources
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-Food
and Nutrition
13. Targeting underserved
audiences
• CVM (community voice mail)
• a national network which connects more than
40,000 phoneless people annually to the
resources they need to restore dignity and
stability to their lives.
• More than 14,900 total voice mail messages
1,000 email messages disseminated