美国调查显示：家长需要食品安全教育

    食品伙伴网报道，据美国食品安全新闻网8月9日消息称，美国食品安全专家Cindy Rice-Andrea 于7月在亚特兰大美国农业部的食品安全会议上公布了她所进行的家长食品安全知识及实践的调查结果。

    Rice-Andrea是 Dining in the Light, Inc.公司的董事长，也是一系列关于食品安全的儿童读物的作者。而接受调查的对象是小学及学前年龄段孩子的家长。调查结果显示：95%的父母说他们在做饭接触食物之前几乎都会洗手，少于一半的父母会在烹调肉类和鸡肉时使用食物温度计以确保食用安全。

    在一个多项选择题中，父母们被要求识别最危险的食物，结果只有20%的父母正确的选择了煮熟了的米饭，而45%的家长则错误的选择了番茄汁。在另一个关于危险的食物的问题中，大部分的家长（68%）错误的选择蛋黄酱比烹过的鸡肉更危险，而这一题目只有24%的家长正确选择了烹过的鸡肉。

    在亚特兰大，Rice-Andrea进行了一次教育研讨会，会上以她的《绿苹果故事》这一系列关于食品安全的儿童丛书为基础，并且进行了讨论会参加者前后食品安全知识的对比，结果表明家长回答问题的正确率已经从20-70%之间上升至80-100%之间.

    Rice-Andrea的调查结果显示：81%的家长对他们所食用食物的安全很关心，85%的家长对新闻报道中的召回信息及是源性疾病暴发很关心。作为流行病学专家的Rice-Andrea表示，她的调查结果显示出，美国家庭急需食品安全教育。由于现在的生活比以往要忙碌，不再在厨房里花费大量的时间，而这样使一些食品安全的基本概念流失了很多，不过好在这些都是一些重要的终生受益的技能，会很容易被家长以及孩子们所知晓。

    Rice-Andrea他们推出了一个新的绿色苹果网站，提供壁纸和彩页的下载，可供家庭用户下载使用。该网站会教一些儿童食品安全及卫生常识，以及防止细菌及病毒蔓延传播的好习惯。

    该网站地址是：http://greenappletales.com/index.html
    中文用户可通过google翻译访问：http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=zh-CN&ie=UTF-8&sl=en&tl=zh-CN&u=http://greenappletales.com/index.html&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com.hk&usg=ALkJrhj1YEnQuvQchx7FTfQhFEvdd4JkGQ

原文报道： by Alexa Nemeth | Aug 09, 2010
Last month, food safety expert Cindy Rice-Andrea presented the results of her Parent Food Safety Knowledge and Practice survey at the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety Conference in Atlanta.

Rice-Andrea, president of Dining in the Light, Inc., and author of a series of children's books on food safety, surveyed elementary and pre-school parents on their food safety practices and knowledge. The majority of parents (95 percent) reported that they almost always washed their hands before touching food when cooking. Less than half reported using a food thermometer for meats and chicken to ensure it is safe to eat.

In a multiple-choice question where parents were asked to identify the riskiest food, only 20 percent correctly identified cooked rice while 45 percent incorrectly identified tomato juice. In another question regarding risky foods, the majority of parents (68 percent) identified mayonnaise as riskier than cooked chicken (24 percent).

Earlier this year, Food Safety News interviewed Rice-Andrea about "Green Apple Tales", a new children's series which aims to deliver food safety information though its lovable characters, colorful illustrations, and easy to understand principles.

In Atlanta, Rice-Andrea conducted an education seminar based on her books and conducted pre- and post-testing on conference attendees, which showed that parents were able to dramatically improve their food safety knowledge, with correct responses on the survey jumping from between 20-70 percent to between 80-100 percent, after the seminar.

In the survey Rice-Andrea reported that 81 percent of parents are concerned about the safety of foods that they eat and 85 percent are concerned about outbreaks and recalls reported in the news.

"The results of my study show an overwhelming need for education on food safety in American homes today," said Rice-Andrea, who is an epidemiologist and is certified in food safety.

"As families are busier and no longer spending a great deal of time together in their kitchens we are finding that some of the basic concepts of food safety have been lost. The good news is that these important lifetime skills are easily learned by parents and children alike."

More recently, Cindy Rice-Andrea has launched a new website for Green Apple Tales.

The website offers wallpaper and coloring book pages that families can download and use. Based on USDA and FDA guidelines, a different principle is depicted in each story to help keep families safe, from hand washing to food allergies, to keeping foods safe at a holiday party.

The website teaches children the basics of food safety and hygiene, and habits that prevent the spread of bacterial and viral diseases.

"We are pleased to offer parents another resource for teaching their children how to stay safe from foodborne illness," said Rice-Andrea. The website is easy to use and introduces children to the characters from 'Green Apple Tales.' I would encourage everyone with young children to visit the site and make use of our information."

Rice Andrea serves on the Massachusetts Dept. of Education Lifeskills Advisory Council and the Partnership for Food Safety Education.

原文地址：http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2010/08/last-month-national-food-safety/