Public Education Campaign - Fight BAC Joan Marie Aylawrd, Mister of Health and Community Services, extended her support today for the new national public education campaign called Fight BAC. The campaign, which was designed by the Canadian Partnership for Consumer Food Safety Education, is designed to raise awareness around food safety and how to avoid harmful bacteria. "The campaign reflects many of the prevention and early intervention initiatives of our department. By increasing people's understanding of the risks, we are enabling them to better protect themselves and their families from foodborne illnesses," said Minister Aylward. "This campaign should increase precautions within the home and throughout the community resulting in a healthier and happier population." The campaign urges people to reduce risk of foodborne illness by following four keys steps:
The minister said: "It is important that people understand that there is a relationship between food safety and foodborne illness. All Canadians can benefit from following the safe food handling practices promoted in this campaign. By educating the people of our province and our country we hope to be able to reduce the number of food poisoning cases each year." For more information on this Canada wide food safety effort, visit the Partnership website at: www.canfightbac.org Media contact: Glenn Bruce, Director of Communications, (709) 729-1377. 1998 11 26 5:05 p.m.
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