Question

You are preparing a 15-min lesson on food safety as part of a nutrition education class for young families receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. Develop an outline for your presentation including any visuals you would use. Develop or select a brochure that would be suitable for this audience.

Answer 1

Answer :

Outline :

• Food safety definition .
• Causes of food spoilage
• Food poisoning .
• Food guidelines
• Guidelines For food storage .

Food safety :

• Food safety discipline describing handling ,preparation and storage of food in ways that can prevent food borne illness .this include a number of routine that should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards .
• If foods are not preserved in some way ,they will deteriorate or go Off .

Causes of food spoilage :

1. Fruits and vegetables spoil over time because of the presence of enzymes .these are chemicals that occur naturally in food and causes it to ripen and eventually decay .
2. Bruising is caused by the releases of enzymes when a fruit is damaged and this speeds up the rate of decay
3. Spoilage may also caused by micro organisms such as moulds ,yeast and bacteria .
4. These cause the food to break down ,For or go sour
5. The food may then discolour and smell bad or sticly and slimy .

Food poisoning :

1. Food poisoning is an illness caused by ingesting food or drink which has beed contaminated by large number of pathogenic bacteria .
2. The symptoms are stomach pain , nausea ,diarrhea and vomiting .

Food guidelines :

Food hygiene :

• Maintain a high standards of personal hygiene .
• Wash the hands before handling food and after handling rubbish ,using a tissue ,using the toilet or handling pets .
• Cover or the back hair and wear a clean apron
• Handle foid as little as possible .
• Avoid touching face or hair while preparing food
• Keep fingernails clean and short .do not wear nail varnish .
• Do not cough and sneeze over food
• Avoid wearing rings ,watches while cooking .
• Kitchen should be well designed with adequate lighting and ventilation.

Food storage :

• It is essential to store food properly to ensure that it remains in prime condition For as long as possible .
• Protect food from flies and that .
• Ensure that the kitchen is clean and well organised.
• Store foods correctly according to their type
• Note the best before and Use by dates on perishables .
• Use up older foods before opening new ones .
• Store food away from cleaning agents .
• Keep cup boards and storage containers clean to prevent contamination by bacteria .
• never refreeze thawed frozen food .