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Educational instruments for food safety and nutrition

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Introduction: Foodborne diseases (FD), caused by consumption of foods contaminated with microorganisms or chemicals, as well as unhealthy diets represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Information from FD epidemiological surveillance, integrating human, veterinary and environmental areas are essential to identify, FD risk and promoter factors, to support risk management and burden mitigation activities to prevent these diseases. Prevention of diseases related to food ingestion can be achieved by education and promotion of safe food practices next to target populations, such as food handlers, health educators and students.

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Food Safety Educational Instruments Nutrition Foodborne Diseases Labelling Schools Segurança Alimentar

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