PFSE is a fantastic organization. I love that they offer so many hands-on resources and activities and provide food safety curricula for all ages. The MythBusters page is my favorite resource to use when educating adults, and it is extremely helpful that this resource offers the information in Spanish.
The Fight Bac materials are excellent to share in school settings to raise awareness of the importance of food safety. Incorporating food safety concepts is invaluable when training young cooks. Thank you for the wealth of free resources geared to all ages.
Thank you, FightBac. I used your educational materials and videos during my lessons on teaching food safety.
I enjoy the PFSE's webinars, especially "Food Safety Education for Everyone: Building Inclusive Messages." It's always good to be reminded of best practices and inspired to work harder to make sure everyone sees themselves in our materials.
As someone who works with food safety in a nonprofit setting, I know firsthand how important food safety education is in keeping the people we serve healthy and safe. Overall, the population that we provide meals for is higher risk for foodborne illness than the general population is. Education is a vital part of ensuring that we do not cause these vulnerable people to fall ill. I greatly appreciate the work that PFSE is doing to provide easy ways to educate those with no food safety background. Thank you, PFSE, for all that you do!
The Partnership for Food Safety Education provides an abundance of resources that I use on my social media videos. I enjoy posting their videos but also put their information into my videos.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education has been the most helpful in our efforts to educate our participants in food safety. The science based educational information, curricula and handouts are very well done and done in a way that explains food safety for every age group.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is saving millions of lives every day. The educational materials are such tools for parents, educators, and all leaders. They served an essential role in fighting bacteria and reducing foodborne illnesses.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education delivers invaluable information about ways to maintain your health by eating nutritious foods. It also discusses how and when to discard foods.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) has been an invaluable resource for me when I teach about nutrition and food safety. The infographics they have for seasonal events are very powerful as well as their recipe style guide that teaches us how to write a food safe recipe. A lot of yummy recipes too! The hands-on activity ideas for food safety and the webinars for me to get up to date with the latest food safety information are all extremely useful as well. THANK YOU PFSE for all your knowledge in food safety and for sharing that with us!
(the picture is a black light inside a "germ" display. Kiddos put on a "germ lotion" to simulate where germs like to hide on our hands. Hands are put under the light to view "germs"; next, students go wash for the recommended 20 seconds and then look at their hands again under the blacklight to see if they have washed well to get the "germs" off their hands.)
I am very grateful for the Partnership for Food Safety Education and its thoughtful, well-researched safety tips on cooking especially during the summer months. I love to grill but want to do so safely, and I receive valuable information from the Partnership. Please keep up the good work.
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Excellent resources for community outreach. Current, well written and always on target for a variety of audiences.
The Partnership is the go to organization for the latest food safety information and educational materials. We use the material with the public as well as our EFNEP participants. It is well received by consumers and well done.
The partnership provides a wealth of information on food safety and is always looking to improve its messaging to help keep consumers safe.
I heard about this recipe competition on some food safety education website and decided to enter. What I got instead was an awesome new website and resource for creating safe recipes. What a simple, yet ingenious concept: building food safety right in the recipe. Since I work with younger people, and am constantly in the recipe world, this changes a lot of what I do. And yes, I still entered the contest!
Checked out the website for the first time today. It was informative, as well as easy to read and easy to navigate. I love the Core Four practices. Kind of common sense? But you'd be amazed how easy it is to slip up when you get to hurrying in the kitchen.
I have worked with this program and used their materials for around 20 years. The materials are research-based and produced for many different, specific audiences so that there is always something that you can use that works with your audience. I have worked with these materials as a college professor and as a community volunteer with youth groups, senior programs and professionals. They are the best!
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Before my retirement I taught food safety to university students (professor), Cooperative Extension professionals (Extension specialist) and K-12 students (Girl Scout leader). The materials were always easy to access, up-to-date and CLIENT-FOCUSED. This is important in a world of Web access to materials that may be cute and provocative but are not accurate. Thanks!
I am a middle school Family and Consumer Science teacher and use the Partnership for Food Safety Education resources with all of my food units!
As a leader of consumer food safety education, the Partnership devoted its resources and energy to initiate and support consumers and educators with science-based materials. The Partnership has done a good job to engage educators, including extension educators, health professionals, and school teachers, who are the trusted sources for food safety information in communities. Keep up the good work and let's fight foodborne illness with effective education and communication!
As a Consumer Food Safety Specialist at a land-grant university, I would love to give the biggest shoutout to the Partnership! They are very active and serve as the resource hub for consumer food safety education. They host conference that benefit government, industry, academics, and most importantly, consumers! They are an important organization with the greatest passion to fight food-borne illnesses! They also provide a perfect professional development platform for students who are interested in food safety!
As an Extension educator and train-the-trainer, I have used the FightBac! materials in my programs and encourage other educators to use them, as well. The Four Core Practices are easy to incorporate into our own food safety programs, and they are easy to explain to our program participants. Our educators also love your webinars. We are especially glad to see your new recipes with basic food safety steps added. This is something we have needed for a long time. Thank you for all you do!
The partnership is such a valuable resource and tool for our organization. We use their materials state-wide and they save us time and resources. Working with an older population--food safety is a particular concern. I highly recommend reaching out to their staff-they are always open to ideas and collaborations!
Partnership for Food Safety is one of the best organizations out there today.
With so many parents and people in general being so busy and over worked it is easy to forget to take precautions in the kitchen and being safe.
Getting back to basics and washing hands throughout the day, simple steps to keep your food and kitchen safe is so easy to do.
A must for every house hold. as educators we find showing and demonstrating to our students is key. Students go home and share healthy habits to keep food and kitchens safe with parents. Thank you ,
Tracey S. Jillson
Family Consumer Science Educator
It’s so refreshing when an organization makes a positive difference in the lives of millions of Americans. This is exactly what The Partnership for Food Safety Education does consistently throughout the year. From engaging with academic food safety experts, food industry professionals, consumer groups with a vested interest in a safe food supply, and federal agencies responsible for food safety oversight, The Partnership brings together all groups that drives productive change for Americans to enjoy their meals using four basic principles: Clean | Separate | Cook | Chill. The Partnership is grounded in helping deliver proactive food safety tools for all citizens throughout the year.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education delivers trusted, science-based behavioral health messaging and a network of resources that support consumers in their efforts to reduce their risk of foodborne illness. These resources are used by active network of 13,000 health and food safety educators. This consumer education closes the last link in the food safety chain. The Partnership convenes industry, government and NGOs to deliver this important public health service.
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The Partnership for Food Safety Education unflaggingly lives its mission to reduce foodborne illness. It drives production, curation and dissemination of free resources to educators who help consumers understand how to handle food safely. Supported by the food industry, consumer groups, and government agencies, the Partnership exhibits strong, transparent stewardship of the Fight BAC! program.
The Partnership delivers trusted, science-based behavioral health messaging and a network of resources that support consumers in their efforts to reduce risk of foodborne illness. It works with an active network of 13,000 health and food safety educators – called BAC Fighters!- and support them by making their work more visible, collaborative, and effective. These BAC Fighters are connecting each year with an estimated 7.5 million consumers –helping them to protect their health through safe food handling and hand hygiene.
www.fightbac.org
I am a food safety specialist for a multi-million dollar food manufacturing plant and the information I have received from the Partnership is immensely valuable in many ways. The information is always current, applicable and very interesting to read and apply in my job. I'm also able to use the Partnership's webinars and online food safety programs for continuing education credits for my CP-FS credential.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is a great and valuable resource for food safety information. I teach food safety skills for workers in assisted living and the handouts that PFSE provides are so helpful. I love the conference and was so sad that I had to miss it this year. This is a non-profit that is doing great work that we really need with the evolution of the food production cycle.
Today you can't take food safety for granted. The Partnership for Food Safety Education provides easy to understand tips on keeping my family safe. My wife, daughter and granddaughters frequently receive Partnership information forwarded to them. It makes a difference!
An educational and informative FREE resource to assist the community in safe food handling and reducing the risk of a foodborne illness. Thank you for all of your hard work.
Fabulous organization with a commitment to serve others. Their total dedication to improving public health outcomes makes this one of the best organizations in the world! I am proud to be affiliated as a participating board member.
Thank you for everything you do for public food safety! Resources and trainings are very informative for all ages and groups, from infants and toddlers to seniors, from the general public to non-profit food service centers.
Great resources that are designed with general public use in mind, making their material invaluable in providing public health information to the participants I work with.
They are also generous in providing quality professional continuing education webinars!!
I have used their professional education programs and have found them very worthwhile with valuable information and excellent speakers. Keep up the good work.
I've used resources from the Partnership for many years in conducting food safety education in my community programs. I can always count on them for great materials!
Very helpful and, in most cases, free information provided for health and education professionals as well as for consumers in the very important area of food preparation and storage and prevention of contamination by bacteria.
Excellent information, the webinar series in particular. While the focus is food safety, the speakers successfully present the concepts so that they are applicable to the broader issue of health change behavior
I've worked as a communications associate with the Partnership since December 2017. It's such a great organization to work for! I am very passionate about the mission of helping to prevent foodborne illness. PFSE does great work to keep families safe.
It has been a privilege to serve on the PSFE's board. The Partnership's success is built on the recognition that education and behavior change must involve strong relationships. The Partnership leverages its network of thousands of "Bac fighters" to make food safety personal, and the stories of transformation are inspirational.
Fight Bac is such a great resource - they are my go-to resource when I am trying to find supportive information. I am working on a new curriculum for child care providers, and they have a multitude of resources that have been very helpful. The bi-annual conferences that they organize are well done and certainly make me want to go back.
Helping educate the public about food safety through excellent publications, infographics and programs.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is relentlessly passionate about helping serve others to prevent foodborne illlneas.
Congratulations for 20 years of service! This organization provides excellent resources and education for professionals to provide food safety education to the public.
Congratulations to the Partnership on 20 years of great work! Thank you for the science based food safety information and messages, knowledge exchanges and food safety conference you offer “BAC Fighters” in the field. The information and easy to use tools provided by the Partnership greatly increases my capacity as a public health educator working in food safety and communicable disease prevention. Looking forward to many more great years!!
Congratulations to the Partnership for 20 years of educating the American people about food safety! When my grandson died of E.coli O157:H7 in 2001, PFSE was only four years old and there weren’t as many BAC Fighters as there are today. It’s taken a lot of hard work, and while the results are amazing, there is still so much more to be done! As a Board member, I look forward to helping the Partnership to fulfill its mission of developing strong food safety messages so that all Americans can make informed decisions about the food they serve to themselves and their loved ones.
Patricia Buck, PFSE Board Member
Executive Director
Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention
Congratulations in reaching 20 years for promoting food safety practices! Your webinars, teleconferences, & free downloadable hand outs have been an immense help to me in my profession with spreading the message of safer food handling practices to my clients. The science behind the information is made tangible to the average person & I've found positive responses from those I've referred to your website too. Keep up the great work!
I use the materials from PFSE to educate the public on the prevention of food poisoning via the regional poison control center for South Florida. It's very helpful to have the Fight BAC resources ready to go, and to know that they are well researched and focus-tested. I don't have much time to devote exclusively to food safety (with so many other poisons to educate about), so I appreciate the PFSE helping to fill that gap. We've also shared their social media posts via Florida and national poison control center social media. Thanks!
Happy 20th Anniversary, PFSE! The Partnership for Food Safety Education has provided high quality, timely, science-based resources for food safety educators, health professionals, teachers and families for 20 years! Whether it is a need for educational materials or ideas about evaluating outcomes, the Partnership helps BAC-Fighters nationwide protect public health. Best of all? The materials are free which is great for health educators and teachers with tight budgets! The Partnership plans and implements a Food Safety Education Conference that brings together food safety educators nationwide. It is a great opportunity to share experiences, get new ideas, network with other food safety professionals and learn how to be more effective as an educator. I have used Partnership campaigns such as Fight BAC!, MythBusters, ProducePro and others to reach audiences of adults and youth. If you haven't tried www.fightbac.org, don't let another year go by without it!
PFFSE provides a excellent educational information of a great value easy to understad and put it in action. Galo Medina.
Personal and helpful, even to a new member who requests insight and feedback. I wrote a blind email inquiring about all kinds of things and someone got right back to me and answered my questions, advised how to get involved AND suggested how they could help me. The overall purpose of this group, to educate on food safety, is worthy in itself. But to be able to provide a face with a name and an individual, communicate not via a mass e-mail shows the commitment the Partnership for Food Safety Education has to its mission as well as to its members and advocates. Mary Angela Miller, KeepSafeFood
As researcher in topics related to the Sustainability Theory, the issue of food safety emerged as the tip of the iceberg. Accordingly, the role of non profits such as Partnership for Food Safety Education is crucial. Prof. C Calcador
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is a wonderful organization dedicated to providing education to consumers about the importance of food safety. I believe that food safety is a topic that most people do not discuss. The Partnership for Food Safety has been an invaluable resource for my organization. We provide food safety training to caregivers of older adults, a population which is vulnerable to food-borne illness, and use many of the resources provided by the Partnership for Food Safety Education to teach safe food handling, preparation, and storage. The webinars and blogs published by the Partnership for Food Safety are very informative and the Partnership does a great job incorporating the experiences and practices of community members across the country. My agency has had the honor of being features twice this year in their national blog and given the opportunity to present our teaching strategies to board members of the Partnership for Food Safety this past May. The Partnership for Food Safety is doing a great service by spreading the word about such an important topic and our agency looks forward to working with them in the future.
Great information found on this site! I have used this in my job to better educate myself and our employees, also personally at home. We are a family who likes to get together for tailgating, barbecues and all holidays which means lots of food.
We used to leave food out on the counters for most of the day not really thinking about maintaining food temperature, well not anymore!
Educate yourself, protect your family, this site is educational, easy to follow and makes it fun to learn.
love the graphics on the bacteria guys! Definitely don't want them in my food!
I use the food safety information provided to further advance a culture of food safety in child nutrition programs.
Great information for me to pass along to my students as a Middle school Foods and Nutrition teacher! Plus, great to pass along to fellow staff members too.
A great site for educating the public on food safety. As an educator, I count on sites like The Partnership for Food Safety Education to pass on to my students in Dietary Management who then pass on to their employees!
I am an academic staff member and very interested and concerned with food safety issues particularly I am from a developing countries where I feel sorry for carelessness of the community regarding food labeling, food safety and food waste issues. I would like to start setting up NGO volunteer institute for consumer education and protection. Is it possible to help me.
Regards
Mahmoud Hewedi
Emeritus Professor
Fayoum University
Egypt
They provide great information that as a Local Health Jurisdiction can be passed on to the public particularly via our "Healthy Communities" staff.
Factual information is provided using research-based knowledge. This group is trying to reach youth to adults to help prevent food borne illness. Excellent on line resources for teachers and others
This organization is an excellent source of food safety information for consumers and public health educators. It's food safety materials and messages
are accurate and easy to use.
PFSE provides professional offerings to keep myself, an educator, up to date on food safety. They also provide teaching tools that can be used with a variety of audiences.
The partnership has provided me with the tools I need to stay food safe at home. I am an avid user of a food thermometer and the temperature chart helps me know when my food si safe to eat. I also love the constant learning experiences and the resources provided that feature new research on food safety.
PFSE sends helpful emails regularly with updates on available information, videos, web events, and more. Text and content are easy to read without being overly simplistic -- appropriate both for professionals and consumers, and graphics enhance messages without being too silly or distracting. I know I can tap into this site for reliable, current facts and figures about food safety to share with friends, family, co-workers, and clients. In addition, I enjoy hearing about opportunities for earning Continuing Education credits through occasional learning activities. I am grateful that PFSE is available as a resource I can access easily and can trust for scientific validity.
I have supported this organization since its inception since it focuses on food safety at the grass roots level with basic messages that almost anyone can understand. The Fightbac program has been accepted by so many today and I believe has made an impact to reducing foodborne illness at the consumer level. The resources made available by this non profit has promoted consumer food safety at many levels and continues to reach out with effective food safety materials. I've used it in many of my food safety training efforts and believe it has made an impact. My last company was the first to achieve IAFP's Black Pearl award for corporate excellence in food safety and quality and Fightbac was part of that program.
I appreciate the education materials I find to use with my programs. The webinars I have viewed are well done and give us useful information.
FightBac keeps us updated with a continuous supply of quality resources and information that we pass on to our students and their communities to further encourage safe food practices. Examples include Mythbuster tips, great stories and presentations that make a difference to how the community perceives what is safe food practice and what is not. Thank you
Teaching food safety to teenagers is much easier when you are aware of this website - "Partnership for Food Safety Education".
I have been a high school teacher for many years and find that, while some teenagers think they know everything, many of them are woefully under prepared to protect themselves and others from foodborne illnesses. Partnership for food safety education provides excellent resources and information that are not only accurate, but appeal to teenagers. This is a valuable resource!
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is a great organization. I am a Family & Consumer Sciences Educator with WSU Extension, and I use their resources all the time in my work. I love the free, downloadable handouts because they are eye catching and the information is all based on research and USDA guidelines, which is very important in my line of work. I turned in an application to be a presenter at their annual food safety conference, and I can't wait to see the caliber of presenters they have gotten for the conference.
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Bring your dads to school day. I did a food safety and nutrition class with 3 year olds and their dads.
I teach Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) in public school and find the information and suggested activities to be very informative, educational, and interactive for my students.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education helps me educate consumers by developing food safety education resources. These materials are developed to reach specific audiences such as youth, adults and senior citizens.
I can count on Partnership For Food Safety Education for the most current and accurate information on food safety and sanitation.
Being a partner of PFSE has allowed us to stay connected in the partnerships role of educating "BAC fighters" by providing educational resources on food safety best practices. The partnership has played an important role in our efforts to reach consumers regarding the safe handling of raw flour, doughs, and batters.
One of the best nonprofits around! Very informative and they really take the initiative, and encourage people with their information! Awesome job! I love using their educational materials as well!
I am a Georgia Department of Public Health Food Safety Program Manager & Enforcement regulator that uses the Partnership For Food Safety Education's educational material for training and education of food service managers, workers, and consumers. Their information during holiday and special celebrations & occasions for food safety is instrumental and especially useful in getting out a valid, timely, and cogent food safety awareness reminders and advice.
They offer great webinars on a variety of topics for educators on this subject matter. They also have a lot of resources available on their website.
I have used fight BAC! for resources for nearly a decade. Their training aids, teaching games are wonderful to use with both the young children in my program (birth to 5 years) and with the staff who take care of the children -- from classroom caregivers to cooks! As an educational trainer and program director, I find their resources to be inviting and user friendly. It's one of the first places I turn when I need new ideas or want to learn more about food safety and health sanitation. Their listserv alerts me to upcoming webinars, which are always informative.
I am a servsafe instructor/proctor. I use information from fightbac in my classes all the time to teach my students about food safety. I find that the information is easy for my students to use and understand, and their is always something new to keep my students up to date and interested. Thank-you.
I am a Family & Consumer Sciences teacher. I use their web site in all of my cooking classes. They give me the information that my students need to know in a fun way. I look forward to their emails and their info.
I appreciate all the food safety information available. BAC character is a favorite "to get rid of" in my classes at the schools! The Myth Busters that are now out are great! Real questions & thoughts with correct answers! I've used a lot of their material during my Kids Cooking Camps.
My name is Jean Bridges, I serve as the executive director of the Memphis based We Fight BAC, Inc. an avid BAC Fighter of Fight BAC! Partnership for Food Safety Education, we are the consequential “BAC Fighter” dedicated to making a difference in the lives of those in need within our local communities surrounding the Greater Memphis Area.
The “We Fight BAC Food Safety Mobile” is a 26-foot RV designed to spark the attention of kids and their parents through exhibits that showcases the science of food safety associated with four safe food handling practices: clean, separate, cook, and chill. The “We Fight BAC Food Safety Mobile” experts demonstrate how taking these important steps to food preparation can protect families from food poisoning.
We Fight BAC is honored to be a “BAC Fighter” for the Fight BAC! Partnership for Food Safety Education
The Partnership For Food Safety Education has developed excellent print materials and held well-attended professional workshops. Food safety can be assured only if all the players from farm-to-table are aware and fulfill their individual responsibilities. PFSE is one of the few organizations that promotes food safety awareness in the home. In particular, consumers must be aware of safe-handling and preparation procedures when handling foods that are usually consumed raw (produce) or undercooked (meat, poultry,seafood). As an industry leader, I've been "pushing this rope" for about 40 years. PFSE has given the industry's efforts a major boost. I look forward to the day when Good Consumer Practices will be applied to support the long existing Good Manufacturing Practices and Good Agricultural Practices.
I am able to keep up to date on the most current information on food safety and then share it with the clients I serve. Their online webinars are very informative
The Partnership for Food Safety Education has great trainings and information to keep updated on the latest in food safety and give the most accurate information to our participants!
I am a nutrition educator at a public health center and truly enjoy the PFSE Webinars and the opportunity to learn safety measures I can pass on to our clients. I use the PFSE website frequently for accurate and timely information. I am never disappointed with the quality and accuracy of the information, and appreciate how it is formatted into attractive flyers, posters, and brochures. Thanks PFSE for all your hard work and helping us help others!!!
If we believed that Poverty is not the hindrance for a Better Education, Then being Healthy and Illness free is not impossible for Partnership in Educating people in Food Safety to stop the Spread. Therefore, We need Partners to help us continue this Education. Because i am well blessed by this Partnership. To continue our knowledge
We Encourage Our Community To Visit Your Site For all The Latest Information On Food Safety
Thank You For Your Wonderful Service
Joseph Louis Seoane
Treasurer
NENC
Northridge East Neighborhood Council
I utilize the resources often in training individuals at my work. I find the resources easy to understand and very helpful when I am trying to find topics to train on.
Partnership for Food Safety Education provides fun and easy to read information on food safety. I use it for quick to read & easy to understand food safety tips for my food service staff at our long term & rehab care facility. Our residents are elderly and very vulnerable to foodborne illnesses. The food safety information provided by Partnership for Food Safety Education is another way to Fight BAC!
Partnership For Food Safety Education provides free online workshops that help me stay up-to-date on the latest information in food safety.
I use your tips and information to train my 4-H lifeskills judging team! Great ideas!
We won 1st and had 2 High Scoring individuals!
I use the posters and info in teaching students. I think they are very catchy and we have colored some and posted them around the classroom.
The have very interesting Webinars that cover current and upcoming food industry concerns. They top rated speakers, who present factual information, pertaining to the topic presented.
I have used their food safety educational material and resources for years. It is the best when it comes to food safety education for the general consumer and also for children.
Lots of great information, fun and informative graphics, and targeted to various targeted audiences. My go-to resource for teaching food safety
Puts out great resources for the public and professionals.
I always go to them first when I need publications for a food safety program.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education helps make my job easier. The Fightbac.org website provides resources and insight to help me be proactive with educational resources. In addition, timely resources are provided to help me respond to emerging issues.
My favorite activity is to emphasize the importance of hand washing with my audiences. It is the first step for healthy living!
Partnership for Food Safety Education is a great resource for nutrition education. We love sharing the various campaigns with our congregate and home delivered meal consumers.
Provides up to date pertinent information. As a professional in the nutrition field, working with Veterans, I incorporate their information and handouts into my workshops. A have also shared their website with my colleagues.
I used portions of the BAC story in my classroom. I teach high school life skills, so we used this in our cooking class. It worked GREAT! The information provided was a great source to start learning about food safety. I liked the activities and used them as anchor activities. After we read through the information, read the story, and watched the video, we made our own videos to show what to do. It was so helpful to have this information already out there and put together in a useful format!
This is a fabulous nonprofit that helps consumers to understand the importance of food safety. As a family and consumer science teacher, I find their website and materials a wealth of information for my middle school students. We show all of our students "Bac Attack" and use the other free materials to support their understanding of the importance of food safety. One wonderful offshoot is that other faculty members and parents contact us to ask about what we do. My principal came to observe my class while I was using the movie and other materials and said that even he learned things, so this is great for any age group to acquire knowledge or even as a refresher!
I get the email blurb about once a week. Since I teach high school culinary classes, these emails help to me stay up to date on the latest procedures and new knowledge. The webinars are very helpful. The website and emails are pleasant to look at and come across as friendly and inviting. It's nice to have them in my corner as a great resource.
Fanatastic group that has been on the forefront of innovative ways of teaching consumers the importance of food safety and the means that they can help ensure that the food they eat is safe and nutritious. An integral contributor to the nation's food safety system.
Fightbac has helped us educate our staff and residents about food saftey, how to cook food safely and provide much needed information to all of us. Their site is easy to navigate and provides up to date information. I can not say enough about the education it provides, from posters on safe food temperatures, to hand washing. Not only what we should do but why is a big help. I appreciate being able to have such a site that I can go to anytime and get the information I need.
As a person who has centered his career around helping others make food safely, I find the Partnership for Food Safety Education a valuable resource. At times we can become "too scientific" which can lose some audiences. The Partnership for Food Safety Education does a great job of making complicated topics easier to understand and interesting.
I am employed by a grocery store food chain and work in quality assurance where food safety is top on our list. The partnership's BAC Fighter education program is superior in teaching consumers proper food safety habits!
Pfse has been a crucial part of continuing the trend in food safety. Their dedication to consumer and professionals is outstanding for knowledge in the food and consumer protection of the ever changing food industry.
I am the Dietary Manager in a small non-profit health facility. I have used the wonderful information from partnership for food safety to train my staff. The information they share and make available are great tools for teaching and training people in food safety. I appreciate all the free information and posters they offer. The posters are great reminders to my staff all they should do for food safety.
Food safety = food safety education
This organization is the vanguard of putting food safety education into action
Partnership for Food Safety Education provides me with free educational information that I find very useful when out in the field explaining food safety to food service employees.
The MA Partnership for Food Safety Education has assembled a dedicated group of food safety professionals that are passionate about educating consumers and industry about the safe way to purchase, prepare and store food. They keep their educational materials easy to understand so that they can reach a large audience. The membership is passionate about what their chosen field of work with many of them volunteering their time after hours and even after retirement.
Healthier Lifestyle
To promote and develop Health promotion in Healthy eating and well-being program in the community.
The Health promotion program will be based locally for the local community who access the center. This health promotion project is aimed to reach the young & the old in making small changes in their eating habits in order to gain them long term health benefits. Health promotion is not just the responsibility of the health sector, but goes beyond healthy life-styles to be well-being.
Health is therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life not the objective of living.
Main Project:
Implement healthy eating,
Workshops demonstrating “how to cook healthy food”
Increase people’s awareness on nutrition and drink in community.
Give demonstration on making homemade yogurt, salads and fruit salads etc.
Explain allergens and how it could affect health. In the form of leaflets posters and word of mouth.
Information on personal hygiene, washing of hands on regular basis especially after visiting the toilet and before preparing food.
Method of Delivering Healthy Life Style.
1.Encouragement.
2. Practical knowledge,
3 Seminars by power point presentation, use of DVD and photographs.
In order to deliver this important message to the community will require lots of patience.
Obesity within the aging and young population has increased along with conditions such as heart attacks, diabetes, high blood pressure, stress and Cancer.
Give advice and Guidance on:
Cut down on salt
Do more physical activity
Keep healthy weight
If you drink alcohol, drink within sensible limits.
Eat more fruits and vegetables
Stop smoking
How many different foods do you have every day?
Many nutrition and dietary guidelines recommend we eat a wide variety of foods each day, including a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. This is because different foods provide different types and amounts of nutrients in them and so consuming a wide variety of foods can help you on your way to meeting your Recommended Daily Intake (RID) of important nutrients that assist us to keep healthy.
Not only does variety of foods assist us in health, but it can also assist in creating a range of different flavors; adding to the enjoyment of food.
Record what you eat in an entire day and then take our poll and see how many different foods you have each day. Do you think you get a lot of variety? You may wish to compare a week day with a weekend.I have achieved the Healthier Catering Commitment for London from London Borough of Merton
1. Commitments
A polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fat or oil is in use when cooking or preparing food.
Reduce sugar, diet drinks and water are available and more prominently displayed rather than sugary soft drinks and energy drinks.
Smaller portions for children & adults are on display or advertised (1/2 to 1/3 of standard size portion)
Customers can add their own salt &the salt are not kept on tables.
Salt is not added to the water for cooking vegetables, rice, or pasta.
A portion of vegetables or salad is always available as an accompaniment.
Fresh fruit, tinned (in juice) or dried fruit is always available and is prominently displayed.
Drinking /tap water is always available.
Food is grilled, baked, poached, steamed or griddled rather than fried where possible.
Organizing seminars is various places:
Health & well-being
Industry overview
1. Scope of the health and fitness industries
2. Define fitness
3. Resources and networking
4. Aerobic fitness
Modern lifestyle problems
1. Health risk and physical activity
2.Hazardous substances
3. Cancer
4. Food allergies
5. Health care strategy for an aging population
6. well-being of special demographic groups:
Pregnant women, children, obese people, people with disabilities act
Human Nutrition:
1. Nutrition basic
2. Carbohydrates, protein, fats
3. Dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals Balance diet
4. The food pyramid
5. Principles of weight loss
6. Dietary protein intake and physical activity
7. Food combining
Healthy eating
1. Nutrition and diet problems
2. Anorexia
3. Obesity
4. Nutritive value with cooking and processing
5. Meat
6. Fish
7. Milk
8. Plant food
9. Processing food
10. Canning and pasteurization
11. Freezing, drying etc.
Stress Management:
1. Body changes caused by stress
2. Muscle response
3. Gastrointestinal response
4. Cardiovascular response
5. Easy living
6. Stress cures
7. Drugs and alcohol
8. Relaxation
Have one C,D produced Food as Medicine. Which helps people how to reduce sickness.
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They provide excellent resources that are easy to understand to help protect people from issues with food safety.
They are very useful in helping to inform people about food safety and they have a lot of information and materials that make it posible for everyone to succeed in getting the message out.
I work as a Public Health Nurse in the Communicable Disease Unit. Our unit has used the Fact or Myth information a number of times during Public Health Week. The information is very useful and a great reminder of some of our food myths, displayed on a trifold board with velco so you can pull off the question and then get the answer, also displayed a picture of the food item mentions in the Fact or Myth. We all enjoyed the display. Keep up the good work,
"An Educated Consumer is our Best Customer". That phrase was popularized by a well known clothing store spokesperson. I couldn't agree more, especially when it comes to Food Safety. An educated consumer who learns, lives, and teaches the four principles of Consumer Food Safety Education - CLEAN, SEPARATE, COOK and CHILL, is behaving safely and responsibly. They are our heroes. The Partnership for (Consumer) Food Safety Education staff, volunteers and partners all work so hard to educate consumers directly, and through educators including BAC fighters - a volunteer army of caring individuals committed to stamping out preventable foodborne illness. The Partnership staff do such a great job of preparing and providing easy-to-use materials, maintaining an awesome website and promoting foodsafe behaviors. They always stand ready to meet the needs of those that wish to carry the FightBac message forward. Thanks Partnership staff!
The Partnership for Food Safety Education provides educational support and materials that help me help others. As a Family and Consumer Sciences educator, I need resources that are timely, attractive and organized and the Partnership for Food Safety Education delivers!
I was in need of new materials to teach Food Safety and Sanitation and I emailed Ashley and in no time I was directed to the materials I needed and a whole lot more. Thank You for the excellent materials and great classroom activities I am able to supplement my curriculum with.
This group provides excellent educational materials regarding food safety for persons of all ages. Looking forward to the safe produce program!
As an Extension Educator specializing in food safety education, The Partnership for Food Safety Education takes food safety messages further than most other food safety sources. They share research and explain the 'why' behind a recommendation invaluable. When I explain the 'why' behind a food safety recommendation, people listen and frequently respond, "I didn't know that..."
I was not teaching foods and nutrition this year. In the past I have used your information. I wish that all the things you are doing now were available when I was teaching foods.I
I rely on the resources provided by the Partnership for Food Safety Education for my programming. They are timely and easy to understand by my clientele.
I am currently a Health Inspector for the state of Georgia. I am located in rural south Georgia. I find the BAC site to be very informative and helpful. On occasions, I hand out information from the BAC site to my restaurants that I inspect. Most of my food service facilities are "mom & pop" owned. and this site is very easy for the them to understand.
Thank you so much for providing informative and easy to understand information.
Ramona J Carney
Environmental Health Specialist IV
The materials the Partnership has have been scientifically vetted, and they are credible. They're also consumer-tested, so I know they'll work when I use them. I use the information in social media, in my work with mainstream media, and with colleagues, friends, and family. There's so much information out there -- much of it not true -- and I'm glad the information is there to help get the right messages out to consumers. That helps all of us effectively take charge of our own and our family's safety.
THANK YOU!
I have used the Fight BAC materials to enhance the unit I teach on Food Safety and Preservation. The materials are educational as well as fun to use. Keep up the GOOD WORK!
At the moment I am not serving in an education role; however, I completed my Masters in Public Health and are very much involved in understanding, protecting, and sharing information on healthy eating and our environment. I work in a hospital setting and I print and share all newsletters received. Keep them coming and thank you kindly.
I enjoy getting the new news from your emails . I use your sight a lot. I like the games you started for the kids. Your sight is very informational for everyone to use. Thanks for all your hard work.
I love using the resources from this site with my students. It is very fun, interactive, and educational!
Virginia's Family Nutrition Program works through Virginia Cooperative Extension to teach limited income families how to eat healthy food, get more physical activity and practice food safety. I find Fight Bac materials to be easy to understand for adults and children, and I use them with elementary and secondary school students, as well as with adults. I reach approximately 6,000 children and 1,000 adults a year with food safety information. In addition, our local talk radio station hosts 1 or 2 segments a year on food safety -- mostly in the summer or at holidays -- and I use Fight Bac materials as my source. Even the talk show host said he learned something he didn't know!
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I use the information constantly, with all age groups from elementary students to seniors. I even use it for segments on a local radio talk show! It's always accurate and easy to understand. Teachers in my program love the kids' materials, and will copy handouts to send home. Practical advice helps change behaviors -- and can save lives!
I teach Foods classes in a High School and have used many of the materials to pique the interest of my students on food safety. Everything from cartoons to inquisitive questions. Thank you for providing these interesting articles and please continue to do so.
I use the BAC puppet and curriculum in all of my nutrition classes starting in September. We talk about the core four. The information is understandable for child and adult audiences.
this organization is invaluable! I work on the Child and Adult Care Food Program for Shasta County Office of Ed. I love the information they give us!
I have used your educational materials on Food Safety for safety meetings for my staff. We found your material to be relevant, interesting and professionally prepared. Many of your e-mails get circulated to staff and to our relatives and friends. Keep up the good work!
Th partnership for food safety education is great side with useful informantion to learn and to teach
I am now a retired Family and Consumer Science Teacher, when I was teaching middle school I used this site in addition to my required teaching materials. The information from this site was easy for my students to understand and it was easy for me to use. This was one of the best places to go to when I covered safety and sanitation. I would recommend this site to anyone teaching about sanitation.
Marie Ramirez
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is a tremendous resource for materials and lesson plans for teaching food safety. I am a food safety professional and have used their "Fight Bac" bacteria puppet to put on shows for kids of all ages in local schools. The impact is huge and the kids always love my evil bacterial voice. Kudos to the Partnership for putting this info out - they're impact is helping making our food safer!
Very useful, and the web is easy to follow to access resources. I am finding that they are offering material in Spanish, which is a plus. With a large number of Hispanic immigrants many of the issues related to food safety affect directly this population. I hope there are more efforts in this direction.
PP
I absolutely love the materials and educational information provided by The Partnership for Food Safety Education Fight BAC campaign. I am the public information officer for a public health district in coastal Georgia and often use Fight BAC messaging on our website and social media pages. The messages are always clear and easy to understand. A lot of what we do in public health is educate others about how to prevent disease and promote good health and Fight BAC helps us do that, especially when it comes to cross contamination, food preparation and storage, etc. This is a great public service and personally helps make my job easier and I am all for anything that does that!
I look forward to the emails I receive from you. They are informative and I share much of information with my culinary students. I appreciate that they are attractive and concise. Newsletters are uaually 1 to 2 pages and "get to the point" without having to interrupt a bunch of technical jargon.
I attended the IAFP annual meeting last year and met couple of ladies at your booth. I was impressed by the great literature on food safety and particularly pamphlets for home makers, school children, etc. One of the ladies was quite energized and passionate about the need to spread the gospel of "food safety for all." I thank you for your efforts and dedication and as a food scientist and one who is equally committed to the field of food science & food safety I say keep up the good work ( I will look for your booth again during this year's IAFP in Indianapolis in early August).
"I have done USDA funded food safety research among middle school children in the past and find there is a continuing need for education."
"They provide free quality materials for our use as we educate the public about food safety issues. We, like most organizations, are on very limited budgets now and would have a very hard time doing our job without their help."
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The Partnership for Food Safety Education website and info are very consumer friendly, I have shared a lot of info on social media, and within our organization globally
The Partnership for Food Safety Education has professional and passionate leadership and produces high quality educational materials.
In a world of dramatic reactionary media and a multitude of unreliable web-sourced materials, Partnership for Food Safety Education exists to compile reliable information, develop, and share dependable information to enhance public health at all levels and to all age groups.
Very impressive, professional organization. They do a lot with minimal resources and make a big impact on food safety.
When I think of the Partnership for Food Safety Education, I immediately think of their terrific staff. Shelley Feist and her team bring so much dedication and commitment to the table that it encourages the masses to share in their mission.
I appreciate their passion for food safety. More importantly, I respect the professionalism that is shown when communicating their message and platform.
Highly innovative and effective non-profit. They ALWAYS bring their "A" game to whatever activity they undertake. Food safety is a critical issue in the USA which impacts many children, teens and adults. The consistent and clear education that the Partnership for Food Safety Education undertakes on behalf of practical food safety education is undoubtedly making a positive difference in the health of Americans. George D.
Food safety is very important to America's health and understanding food and it's components are vital.
Partnership For FSE, Helps us do just that. Having a grandson who has severe allergies to peanuts makes me appreciate PFFSE even more.
Every year we order large quantities of education materials from this organization to provide nutrition programing to low-income youth in the state of Missouri. We have found that this organization is the only place to find the materials we need for our programs.
In a day and age where budget cuts are happening everywhere and impacting all of us, to have an organization such as the Partnership for Food Safety Education -- which provides FREE resources and educational tools that are actually fun and geared specifically for high risk populations (children and the elderly, plus general education), the info they provide is priceless. It can be utilized by teachers, daycare staff and government employees (such as myself). I attended a farmers market event last weekend and brought multiple handouts from the Partnership's website on topics, including the flyers/handouts from their website covering food recalls and "steps to safer fruits and vegetables." The materials were distributed to hundreds of consumers and many commented on how useful the information was to have. I couldn't agree more! I'm grateful to have them as a resource I can utilize for multiple facets of my work in the food safety arena on a statewide level.
This organisation was a great source of valuable information to teams of middle schoolers who were researching Food Safety as part of the " Food Factor " FIRST Lego League Competition. This is a global competition which encourages an early interest in STEM (Science, technology, engineering and Math). In response to our request for information for their research, Executive Director Shelley Feist kindly came to our school in Northern Virginia to speak to the 8 teams about the causes of food borne illnesses and the importance of food safety. It was a great start to their research and much appreciated by them all. Thank You.
The Partnership is a source of consistent advice for safe food handling and provides diversity in presentation of messages for various audiences and learning styles. They are the "go-to" source for concise and precise messaging. I appreciate that they are able to serve the public directly as well as educators and other professionals in the field. A collaboration that deserves support of many partners!
I think Fight bac is very useful and effective to help people how can they avoid food borne and protect their self and prevent disease. So, it is important to keep informed regularly about this issue.
I enjoy receiving the Partnership for Food Safety Education e-mails. They are precise and interesting. They are shared with our Food & Beverage cast, as well as displayed in our break rooms for all employees to see. I regularly receive feedaback on how informative they are. The parents even share them with their children....so it is like a domino effect in a very positive way. Thank you for keeping us abreast of the latest in food safety and reminding us of so many safety issues we forget.
I was involved devloping the lessons, experiments, and assessments for the GetBac! program. I helped present the program at the National Press Club in DC and gave workshops at NSTA many years ago. The program is still great, leads to inquiry science learning and integrates common core curriculum content. It's been a great partnership for schools, government agencies, and other places that teach children about food safety.
The PFSE does an excellent job of providing timely food safety information to consumers and serves as a resource to food safety educators nationwide (on a very tight budget!). The four Fight BAC messages (now know as the four Be Food Safe messages) are well known to consumer educators throughout the country due to the work done by the Partnership. I recently parterned with the Partnership on a USDA grant and was impressed by the Director's organization and her ability to get things accomplished, and was pleased with the dissemination activities that were conducted by the PFSE.
It is so important to provide consumers with the food safety information they need to make well informed decisions for keeping themselves and their family safe from foodborne illness. No one does this better than the Partnership for Food Safety Education. As a representative of the food safety regulatory community, I can attest to the real impact the Partnership has on food safety in this country.
I have been involved in the Partnership for over 10 years, the last 2 as a Board member. This organization has grown in that time period because it has focused exclusively on consumer food safety education, and the programs and materials needed to positively affecting consumer behaviors. It is difficult to measure the impact of the Partnership programs, but the reach of the organization is extensive, reaching educators of children and adults through schools, extension services and directly online. The Partnership has succeeded in attracting the support of government agencies, consumer groups, trade associations and organizations and individual companies to a common cause, providing important guidance on the most effective activities, and leveraging the resources of its members. As a result, the Partnership has successfully established itself as a national resource, one that will take on the leadership role in the upcoming national consumer food safety education conference. The Partnership prevents illnesses and saves lives by educating millions of consumers. That's why I support it and why I have chosen to serve on the Board.
For over 12 years now the Partnership for Food Safety Education has been creating, implementing and communicating food safety messages for consumers. They have successfully brought key stakeholders from government, industry, acedemia, and consumer groups together to work collaboratively on this effort. Kudos to all those involved! Keep up the great effort. It's a win for all of us.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education's goal is to keep families safe from preventable food borne illness. Lead by a passionate ED, the Board of Directors is committed to working together to meet this goal. The BOD is made up of volunteers from all sectors, private, public and independent working together to have one message and to maximize our collaborative expertise.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is the only national organization that brings together all stakeholders - consumer groups, the food industry, and government - for the important goal of providing information to consumers to help them prepare and handle food safely in their homes and reduce the risk of foodborne illness. The highly useful materials developed by the Partnership are used by educators all across the country. The Partnership has an important mission that deserves greater recognition.
The Partnership for Food Safety Education has provided me with consistent and concise food safety messages and creative campaigns and materials to teach both adults and children how to keep food safe. I have been able to use the BAC character and the clean, separate, cook and chill messages in educational materials and programs for children and youth audiences that have reached thousands of youth. By bringing together industry, government and food safety professionals, the Partnership has enhanced efforts of food safety educators nationwide to improve health and save lives.
I am a professional advisor for the food industry here in Mexico. In this field of work I have often encouraged people to keep on learning on food safety topics. This is when I refer them to the Partnership for Food Safety Education link. It makes it simple for them to understand because information in also in spanish besides keeping information simple and direct. Thank you for making my job more interesting.
PFSE 07/31/2012
Dear Ivonne, Thank you for your positive review of the Partnership for Food Safety Education! We appreciate you taking the time to help the Partnership achieve nomination for the Great NonProfit’s Health Awards 2012. With your help, we can have a greater impact on reducing foodborne illness. Thank you for your kind words, Partnership for Food Safety Education