Food Safety Week
9 – 13 June 2008
National Food Safety Week is the point in the calendar for highlighting the importance of food safety and the basic principles of food hygiene to everyone preparing food. The focus for National Food Safety Week in 2008 is on vulnerable groups and those caring for them, schools and community groups.
The new theme for this year’s Food Safety Week is ‘GermWatch’. This covers all aspects of food safety and especially homes in on the 4 Cs: Cleaning, Cooking, Chilling and avoiding Cross-contamination.
- Cleaning: Keep your kitchen, equipment and work surfaces clean
- Cooking: Make sure food is properly cooked before eating
- Chilling: Keep perishable foods cold until you cook or eat them
- Cross-contamination: Don’t let harmful germs spread around your kitchen
Literally hundreds of events are organised each year during Food Safety Week, involving many thousands of people. In previous years this has included displays, exhibitions and road shows throughout the UK in supermarkets, shopping centres, hospitals, health and community centres, schools and libraries.
Bracknell Forest’s Commercial Team takes an active role in Food Safety Week. Last year we visited a primary school in the borough and gave practical hand washing demonstrations using a UV detection box and a disclosing cream to highlight how important it is to wash your hands thoroughly. This year we visited Wildridings School, working jointly with the local Primary Care Trust. Hand washing demonstrations took place across the whole school as well as lots of other food and health awareness activities.
Further details on Food Safety week are available on the LACORS website:
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