Success StoryFood Safety Practices



Food Safety Practices

Author: Dorisa Johnson-Hickman

Planning Unit: Kenton County CES

Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

The Kenton County Extension Services Nutrition Education Program Assistant worked with the service coordinator at Colony Senior Apartments to provide a group of 20 seniors, 19 female and 1 male a series on nutrition classes using the Healthy Choices for Everybody curriculum.

The Nutrition Program Assistant taught Know the Limits, Reading Labels, and Food Safety, with Food Safety being the most impactful in the series. With the Food Safety lesson the Nutrition Program Assistant taught about the importance of washing hands before preparing food, not thawing frozen foods at room temperature, washing surfaces after cutting or handling raw meats, and using meat thermometers. Most of the participants never used a meat thermometer before, one participant mentioned since having the food safety lesson they use the meat thermometer more often. According to entry/exit data comparison of the web based Nutrition Reporting System, as a direct result of teaching the Food Safety lesson 87% of participants showed improvement in one or more food safety practices.







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