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FCS Extension Programs and Curricula
| Family Economics | Nutrition Education | Family Development | Food Safety | Marilyn Bischoff Martha Raidl Harriet Shaklee Sandra McCurdy Food Safety
For Consumers Answering Food Safety Questions. Many county extension educators specializing in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) spend the greatest percentage of their food safety activities answering specific questions from consumers. Consumers recognize and respect extension educators as a reliable source of food safety and food preservation information. Annually, within the state, FCS extension educators answer thousands of questions on how to safely handle, store, and preserve food.
Master Food Preserver/Food Safety Advisor Program. FCS county extension educators teach a 30-hour, intensive class on food safety and food preservation to interested consumers. Participants who pass a 50-question written and oral test qualify to become Master Food Preservers/Food Safety Advisors. These MFP/FSA volunteers assist in delivering food safety information to the general public by answering questions in extension offices, manning booths at county and health fairs, and teaching classes at churches, libraries and other community locations. This program has existed for about 30 years.
Improving Food Safety Education Through Use of Music—Based Curricula is a USDA funded research project to evaluate the effectiveness of incorporating music into the Ready, Set, Food Safe curriculum, described above. The project is led by Dr. Carl Winter, Food Safe Program, University of California-Davis, and writer and performer of entertaining food safety songs. Dr. Winter's food safety tunes can be heard at http://foodsafe.ucdavis.edu/music.html#songs.
For the Food Industry Food Technology Center is a multi-use facility where Idaho individuals and food companies can receive comprehensive business, technical and education assistance to develop or improve their food business. More information is available at www.ag.uidaho.edu/ftc.
HACCP Training for Food Industry Personnel. Jeff Kronenberg, Food Processing Specialist, delivers practical HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) and practical food safety training to Idaho food processors. He also provides technical on site assistance to food processors. More information is available at www.techhelp.org, check on Food Processing."
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Ready,
Set, Food Safe is a curriculum for teaching food service food safety
to Idaho high school students. It was written by two Idaho FCS county
extension educators and the Extension Food Safety Specialist and published
in August 2002. The curriculum provides 26 suggested and optional learning
activities to reinforce concepts. An updated edition, incorporating 2005
changes to the Idaho Food Code, will be available in June 2005.
Germ City
is a portable, interactive educational exhibit designed to enhance
awareness and improve effectiveness and frequency of hand washing by
children and adults. From October 2003 to September 2004, Germ City
programs were delivered at 31 Idaho events including schools, health
fairs, county fairs, and the two state fairs. A USDA grant, The Germ
City Program: Clean Hands, Healthy People, with 5 state participants,
provided funds to support program development in Idaho. (The program name
comes from the concept that there is an unseen "germ city" on peoples'
hands.) For materials go to the Germ City website
Reducing Risk with Food Thermometers:
Strategies for Behavior Change is a USDA funded project to educate and
motivate consumers to use a thermometer when cooking small meats. The
long-term goal is to reduce the incidence of foodborne illness
(particularly E. coli 0157:H7 infections) by increasing the number
of consumers who routinely use food thermometers. Materials on how and why
to use a food thermometer include a consumer video (15 minutes), a
brochure, and five recipe cards—all using the theme "Now You're Cooking
Using a Food Thermometer." Brochures are available free of charge at UI
CALS Publications
Targeting
Food Safety Exhibit. The purpose of these ready-to-go, interactive
exhibits (posters, spin wheel, game show presenter software, and handouts)
is to assist Educators in providing reliable, research-based consumer food
safety information to participants at resource and health fairs, county
fairs, libraries, community centers, and other venues where poster
displays are appropriate.