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TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1990
STOVES,
BY ADOPTING SOME SIMPLE MEASURES, SUCH AS FREQUENT AND REGULAR CLEANING OF PREMISES, KITCHENS AND
AND PROPER HANDLING OF RUBBISH AND FOOD REMNANTS, THE SANITARY CONDITION OF FOOD PREMISES COULD BE IMPROVED AND THE RISK OF FOOD POISONING REDUCED.
DR LEUNG HOPED THAT THROUGH GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE PUBLIC COULD BE SAFEGUARDED.
THE
HEALTH OF
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, REGIONAL COUNCILLOR DR PANG HOK- TUEN SAID A TOTAL OF 763 PEOPLE HAD FALLEN ILL IN 188 CASES OF FOOD FOISONING AT FOOD PREMISES AND AT HOMES LAST YEAR.
HE STRESSED THAT FOOD POISONING COULD BE PREVENTED
FOOD SIMPLE BUT BASIC PRINCIPLES IN
HYGIENE WERE OBSERVED COURSE OF FOOD HANDLING.
IF
SOME
IN
THE
ARE: ΤΟ
AND
THE TWO SIMPLE BUT OFTEN NEGLECTED FOOD HYGIENE RULES
BEFORE CONSUMPTION; COOK FOOD, ESPECIALLY SHELLFISH, THOROUGHLY NOT TO STORE FOOD AT ROOM TEMPERATURE FOR TOO LONG.
JOINTLY ORGANISED
BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE URBAN COUNCIL AND THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE THREE-MONTH FOOD
HYGIENE PERSONAL
AND GOOD FOOD CAMPAIGN AIMS TO AROUSE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON HYGIENE PRACTICE SO AS TO MINIMISE THE CHANCES OF FOOD-BORNE DISEASES.
DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, A TOTAL OF 25 FOOD HYGIENE SEMINARS WILL BE CONDUCTED FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOOD
INCLUDING TRADE, LICENSEES AND STAFF OF LICENSED FOOD PREMISES, COOKED FOOD STALLS CANTEENS AT CONVENIENTLY-LOCATED VENUES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
WILL NATURE, THE SEMINARS, WHICH WILL BE EDUCATIONAL IN COMPRISE A TALK, A SLIDE SHOW AND A FILM ON FOOD HYGIENE, FOLLOWED AN OPEN DISCUSSION.
AND
EACH
BY
PRINTED EDUCATIONAL
SUPPLEMENT THE TALK.
MATERIALS WILL BE
DISTRIBUTED
TO
AT THE END OF THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE.
EACH PARTICIPANT WILL
BE
ORGANISED WITH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
BE FOUR OTHER FOOD HYGIENE SEMINARS WILL ALSO THE SUPPORT FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR SCHOOL TEACHERS, WHO WILL IN TURN CONVEY THE MESSAGES TO THEIR
STUDENTS.
A FOOD HYGIENE EDUCATION KIT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
TO DRIVE HOME
THE FOOD
EDUCATION HOTLINE (723 0013)
IN
HYGIENE MESSAGE, A 24-HOUR HEALTH WILL BE SET UP
TO ANSWER ENQUIRIES
BE WILL ON FOOD HYGIENE MATTERS AND A BROADCASTING VAN STEP UP PUBLICITY AT VARIOUS STRATEGIC LOCALITIES.
DEPLOYED то
ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WAS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
OF
HEALTH (HYGIENE), DR MOHAMMED BIN ALI.
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