FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY 1- MEANING AND IMPORTANCE

HOME ECONOMICS J. S. S THREE SECOND TERM

WEEK EIGHT

THEME: FAMILY LIVING AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT/FOOD AND NUTRITION/CLOTHING AND TEXTILE

FOOD HYGIENE AND SAFETY 1- MEANING AND IMPORTANCE

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

1. Define food hygiene and safety
2. Explain the reasons for food hygiene and safety

CONTENT

Food hygiene is the conditions and measures necessary to ensure the safety of food from production to consumption. Food can become contaminated at any point during slaughtering or harvesting, processing, storage, distribution, transportation and preparation. Lack of adequate food hygiene can lead to foodborne diseases and the death of the consumer.

All over the world people are seriously affected every day by diseases that are caused by consuming unhygienic and unsafe…