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Food Safety for the Consumer

The reason for all food safety practices at all stages, primary production, processing and retailing is ultimately aimed at keeping the consumer safe. After all, everyone consumes food and in fact everybody is the consumer!
 
 
Food Safety Fact Sheets

Food safety at the consumer level is every bit as important as at the other stages if not even more so. Purchasing, transporting, storage, preparation and serving of food are everyday occurrences but problems with food safety can occur during all of these seemingly mundane activities.
 

Have you seen unsafe food handling practices?

poor glass handling

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Informed decisions are what food food safety is all about. The food safety section promotes education as the best way to prevent food borne illness in the home, at the restaurant, during processing and even at the production site.  
Food Safety Course Lecture
Problems can sometimes develop even with the best of care and intentions.  
Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts
Test your food safety savvy and have some fun.  

Food Safety Quiz

Food Safety Crossword

Food Safety Mix up

Need more information? Try theses links:

Canadian Food Inspection Agency Centre for Disease Control USA
The Food Safety Network Kansas State University Feed Nova Scotia (Food Bank)
Handling & Safety of Game Meat (Penn State University) Cooking for Crowds a volunteer guide to safe food handling Penn State
Seafood and Health: Sorting Fact from Fiction (AAFC) The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
Food Recalls and Allergy Alerts Food Allergies 101 (PowerPoint Presentation)
Bad Bug Book

Education Aids

Activity and Inspection Summary Reports:

  Last Update: February 28, 2012