Food Safety
This section in both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 looks at the issue of food safety under the areas of Shopping, Storing, Cooking and Quality of food.
Shopping
The issue of labelling is introduced under Shopping with pupils advised what to look for in labelling.
Click on the link below for a presentation on Food Labelling which was made at our HE conference on 23rd January 2010 by Sharon Gilmore from the FSA.
Storing
Our interactive fridge game is designed to help pupils understand how food should be refrigerated safely to reduce the risk of food poisoning.
Play the game here.
Cooking
Our sister website www.lovebeefandlamb.com provides detailed information on selecting cuts and cooking beef and lamb. Click here to view (http://www.lovebeefandlamb.com/cooking-tips/index.php)
In addition, there are simple hygiene steps to follow to ensure the safety of beef and lamb.
http://www.lovebeefandlamb.com/cooking-tips/hygiene.php
Quality of Food
LMC manages the NI Farm Quality Assurance Scheme which is designed to give consumers a guarantee that the meat they are buying is of top quality and is fully traceable.
For more details on the scheme, click here
http://www.lovebeefandlamb.com/quality-guarantee/index.php
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