The Food Safe Families campaign, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Food Safety Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with the Ad Council is a national multimedia public service advertising (PSA) effort that provides education about the risks of food poisoning, also referred to as foodborne illness, to help safeguard you and your family.
The CDC estimates that approximately one in six Americans (or 48 million people) will suffer from food poisoning illness this year, resulting in roughly 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. While the federal government takes steps every day to help keep our food safe, this Food Safe Families campaign shows us that there are things that we can all do at home to reduce our risk of food poisoning.
By offering this Food Safe Families class, we are part of a nationwide effort to reduce the number of cases of foodborne illness’ serious but little recognized public health issue. Food Safe Families focuses on things you can do when you’re preparing food to keep from getting sick.
I hope that this short course I am developing will be beneficial to you and that you and your family will become less susceptible to foodborne illness as a result.
Chef Da-Vid
Partner, ChefMaster.org of Metro DC
Managing Partner, Chef Master CDER Café
Graceful Growing Together Culinary Arts Initiative Project Coordinator
Instructor, People-4-People Employment Assistance Program
Montgomery County Certified Food Service Manager
Certified ServSafe® Instructor and Registered Proctor
ServSafe® is a registered trademark of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation
David Robert Lambert 