GARDEN CITY FOOD EXPO

  HOW TO PRACTICE FOOD HYGIENE AT HOME Garden City Food Expo   First of all Practice Good Personal Hygiene. Garden City Food Expo supports that personal hygiene is a practice everyone should have. It is important to always wash your hands with soap and water before handling food to prepare. Clean Utensils and Cooking Equipment All cooking equipment should be properly cleaned and sanitised before starting any preparation. This is specifically important for equipment that comes into direct contact with food. Such as cutting boards, knives, countertops, mixers, blenders etc. These areas are known to harbour dangerous bacteria that when they get into foods that cause serious illness. All utensils and crockery need to be cleaned fro the same reasons. Garden City Food Expo outlines positive tips to promote food Hygiene in your Home ★ Keep Foods That Need to be Kept Cold in the Fridge: Raw meats, dairy and others need to be kept cold (4°C – 39°F) in order to prevent bacteria from growing befo

Garden City Xmas Market & Trade Expo: Ways to Enhance Food Productivity With almost every country in the world dealing with some form of malnutrition, and food production being the single most important driver of climate change and environmental damage, the world needs to find a way to feed its growing population with a sustainable, healthy diet. In the Middle East and North Africa (the MENA region) this challenge is particularly complex. In contrast to other regions of the world, the proportion of undernourished people has increased from 16 million in 1990-92 to 33 million today. Almost one-third of children under the age of five face lifelong health and development impairment due to insufficient access to nutritious foods. At the same time, the region is grappling with rising rates of overweight and obesity, creating an unforeseen “double burden” of malnutrition. Indeed, more than 50% of the region´s adult population is currently overweight or obese, causing a dramatic increase i