| Flooding: food safety advice |
Flood water can be contaminated with sewage, animal waste and other waste, from drains or the surrounding area, and so could be contaminated with harmful bacteria or chemicals. Although, the water is usually very diluted and so the risks of getting ill are low. Following simple hygiene practices should be enough to avoid getting ill from flood water. If you have been affected by flooding, either because your home has been flooded, or your water supply has been cut off, read our tips on how to prepare food safely.
General tips: It`s important to follow good food hygiene to stop harmful germs that might be present in flood water spreading to food. Here are some general tips on keeping food safe:Don`t eat any food that has been touched or covered by floodwater or sewage.
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Do you know how hygienic your favourite eating house is? |
Thursday 3 July 2008 The Food Standards Agency is consulting on a scheme to help consumers know at a glance how well their local takeaway or restaurant has done in food safety inspections. Scores on the Doors is a scheme whereby food businesses are given a score to show the hygiene standards found in their premises during inspections by local authority enforcement officers to check that they are complying with legal requirements. Each food outlet may display the score on its door or window so the public can clearly see how well the establishment has done, Details would also be available on the local authority’s website
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More Collaboration Needed Between Gov`t and Private Sector for Food Safety |
KINGSTON (JIS): Monday, June 23, 2008 Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Reginald Budhan, has said that greater collaboration between the Government and the private sector is essential in ensuring food safety. "For the successful accomplishment of optimum food safety standards, teamwork and collaboration with private sector organizations (food and food-related industries) as well as other related government support agencies, is most critical," Mr. Budhan said. He was speaking on behalf of Minister, Karl Samuda, at an exposition and fair held at the Emancipation Park in Kingston yesterday (June 20) to mark the culmination of National Food Safety Week, (June 15 to 20), themed: `Food Safety in Your Hands`.
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Ensure That Food Supply is Clean - CAC |
KINGSTON (JIS): Monday, June 23, 2008 With the observance of National Food Safety Week (June 15-20) having ended yesterday the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC) is urging consumers to ensure that their food supplies are clean and safe. Speaking with JIS News, Communication Specialist at the CAC, Dorothy Campbell pointed out that "the whole idea of observing the week, was to bring about awareness and sensitization to the importance of food safety," including the basic principles of food hygiene for import, export and domestic purposes. "The CAC`s specific role is to garner information and through our public education programme to ensure that consumers are aware of the risks involved in consuming unhealthy foods," Ms. Campbell informed.
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Consumers give their views on eating out |
Sunday 22 June 2008 The Food Standards Agency has today published a survey of more than 2,000 people across the UK that provides a snapshot of what consumers want when they eat out. The questions will help the Agency to develop more in-depth research to inform future activity in this area and were posed as part of an omnibus survey. The findings show that 85% of people agreed with the statement that restaurants, pubs and cafes have a responsibility to make it clear what is in the food they serve. In addition, when asked where respondents would expect to see nutritional information for it to be most useful,
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IICA Agro-Tourism Project for Buff Bay Valley |
KINGSTON (JIS): Monday, November 10, 2008 The Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) has secured funding from the European Union (EU), to develop an agro-tourism project, to be implemented in the Buff Bay Valley in Portland.
IICA`s representative in Jamaica, Cynthia Currie, who made the announcement during a ceremony to launch `IICA Day` at the agency`s headquarters in Kingston, yesterday (Nov.7) said that at the end this 15-month project, "we would have developed a nature trail, farm tours and culture-based activities in the area that on one hand give the many tourists that come to Jamaica, an authentic and fuller taste of the Jamaican culture and on the other hand, and very importantly, increases economic activity for residents in the community."
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A Consumer`s Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes |
FOOD SAFETY DURING AN EMERGENCY Did you know that a flood, fire, national disaster, or the loss of power from high winds, snow, or ice could jeopardize the safety of your food? Knowing how to determine if food is safe and how to keep food safe will help minimize the potential loss of food and reduce the risk of foodborne illness. This Consumer`s Guide will help you make the right decisions for keeping your family safe during an emergency.
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KINGSTON (JIS)Friday, July 18, 2008 Jamaica`s national fruit is on the rebound, following the lifting of a ban on exports of the product to the United States, due to higher than normal hypoglycine levels.In an interview with JIS News, Chief Technical Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Don McGlashan, informed that ackee continues to be one of the main crops in the Ministry`s fruit tree crop commercial project, noting that over the past five to seven years, some 600 hectares of commercial orchards of ackee have been established.
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Farmers Association Launches Radio Station |
OCHO RIOS(JIS): Monday, June 02, 2008 The Jeffery Town Farmers Association (JTFA) in St. Mary has launched a community radio, JET FM 88.7, which will seek to air the "voices from the hills of St. Mary," President of the association, Wordsworth Gordon has said.
He told JIS News in an interview that the initiative for JET FM 88.7 came about as a long searching avenue to get the young people of Jeffery Town involved in agriculture.
"The opportunity arose through UNESCO for the radio station, so we grabbed at it as it was an avenue where we would have the young people running the station and eventually be earning an income from it," Mr. Gordon said.
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