| Egg Facts |
The Canadian Egg Marketing Agency has easy to read information on “Egg
Handling at Home” on its website at www.eggs.ca/eggfacts/eggstoreeggs.asp |
| Egg Product Preparation |
This is a 10-page fact sheet with practical questions and answers on
handling eggs safely. At the United States Department of Agriculture,
Food and Inspection Service. www.fsis.usda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medold.pdf |
| Foodborne Diseases |
Easy-to-read information on foodborne diseases and how to prevent them.
Obtained from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
www.niaid.nih.gov |
| Information on chicken |
Chicken Farmers of Canada have easy-to-read information on how to handle
chicken safely by clicking on “Safe Food Handling” on their
website at www.chicken.ca. |
| Information on pork |
Alberta Pork Farmers have easy-to-read information on how to handle
pork safely by clicking on “Food Safety & Cooking” on
their website at www.albetapork.ca/pdf/cooking_handling/food_safety.pdf |
| Eat Well, Live Well Lesson: Food Safety for Older Adults |
This is another excellent resource to help instructors teach food safety.
This lesson plan is taken from “Nutrition for Older Adults’
Health” produced by the Department of Foods and Nutrition, The University
of Georgia, and is intended for older adults with low literacy skills.
It can be found at www.noahnet.myweb.uga.edu/plansfv.html |
| Playing it Safe with Eggs |
Three pages of large print easy-to-read material on avoiding salmonella
infection from eggs. Obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration,
Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (FDA/CFSAN) at www.cfsan.fda.gov |
| Turkey for Dinner |
The Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency has easy-to-read information on
how to thaw and prepare turkey, cooking times, etc. on its website at
www.turkeyfordinner.ca |