| Pupils took part in Breckland's Food Safety Week between 7 and 11 June 2010.
 Food Safety Week is an annual national campaign which focuses on the simple precautions that consumers can take to avoid food poisoning. This year, Breckland Council’s Food and Health & Safety team worked in partnership with the Council’s Youth Engagement team to bring important food safety messages to primary school children in a way that is fun and interesting. The sessions offered a range of interactive activities for the children to get involved with and all pupils were given a promotional pack complete with stickers, posters and a puppet. Pupils from Norwich Road, Thetford, Garbaldisham Primary, Ashill Primary, Mileham Primary and Sporle Primary School were introduced to Grubeye, the star character of the Food Standards Agency GermWatch campaign, which highlights the importance of food safety and hygiene at home. Pupils were tasked with building their own Grubeye, and the winners received a photograph of their grubeye on a key ring. The sessions taught the pupils how to help prevent food poisoning by understanding the four C’s - cooking, cleaning, chilling and contamination. Food safety and hygiene is particularly important during the summer months - when levels of food poisoning soar. There are around 120,000 extra cases of illness recorded across the UK when the weather is warmest. Breckland Council's Executive Member for Health Cllr Paul Claussen said: "It is important that young people understand the importance of good food hygiene and safety". "These sessions are very hands-on and offer a fun way of engaging children about a serious subject." Food Safety Week provides a timely opportunity to get the message across that when dealing with food and hygiene its better to be safe than sorry. For further information please contact Lisa Green on 01362 656330 or Rob Leigh on 01362 656377. |
