Facilitator Notes: According to the SMOG test, the following text is written at about a Grade 9 reading level, or literacy level 2 and may be read using assisted or choral reading techniques. In assisted reading, facilitator and learners take turns reading parts of the text, whereas choral reading involves reading together. These techniques are described further in Section 2 of the manual of the Nova Scotia Tutor & Instructor Training and Certification Program.
Learner Activity:
Food Safety
Canada’s food supply is one of the safest in the world and yet about two million Canadians get foodborne illness each year due to unsafe handling of food.
Many improvements have been made in farming, food processing and eating habits, but in many cases there has been little change in the way consumers prepare and handle food.
Foodborne illness is usually caused by invisible bacteria present on foods such as meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, fruit, vegetables, and throughout the kitchen on food wrappings, cutting boards, dishcloths, your hands, etc.