Fwd: Home Food Safety Summer Contest

From: Joann Prophet (jlprophet@ucdavis.edu)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 12:38:50 PDT

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    >Here's a way to break up your studies and maybe win a prize:
    >
    >Log on to www.homefoodsafety.org to enter the summer food safety contest for
    >a
    >chance to win great prizes and learn how to help prevent foodborne illness.
    >
    >Encourage your friends, family and clients to enter.
    >
    >The American Dietetic Association/ConAgra Foundation summer contest launched
    >May
    >26 and runs through July 4. To enter, contestants must answer a 10-question
    >
    >food safety quiz. Prizes include:
    >
    >* Grand Prize: Weber(R) Summit(TM) 450 Series Natural Gas Barbecue Grill
    >* Second Place: Williams-Sonoma(R) Portable Suitcase Grill
    >* Third Place: The Graham Kerr Stainless Steel Barbecue Tool Set, along
    > with an autographed cookbook, The Gathering Place
    >* 10 Runners-Up: ConAgra(R) cooler
    >
    >In addition, the first 2,000 eligible people to complete the quiz and submit
    >
    >their score will receive a free home food safety cutting board or bookmark.
    >Throughout the contest, small Butterball(R) beanbag-style stuffed toy
    >turkeys
    >and coupons for free Healthy Choice(R) Premium Low Fat Ice Cream (any size)
    >also
    >will be distributed randomly. Good luck!
    >
    >The American Dietetic Association and its Foundation, along with the ConAgra
    >
    >Foundation, have joined together for a national public awareness initiative
    >called "Home Food Safety ... It's in Your Hands TM". The goal is to raise
    >consumer awareness that home food safety is a serious problem and provide
    >solutions so Americans can easily and safely handle food in their own
    >kitchens.
    >
    >This program complements government-sponsored food safety initiatives that
    >speak to the leading critical food handling violations:
    >
    >1) Wash hands often
    >2) Keep raw meats and ready-to-eat foods separate
    >3) Cook to proper temperatures
    >4) Refrigerate promptly below 40°F
    >
    >PLEASE NOTE I AM NOT AN FNSPEC SUBSCRIBER, so for more information about
    >this national education campaign, send me an e-mail at
    >maria_cameron@edelman.com or call me.
    >
    >Wishing you a great and safe summer!
    >
    >Maria Alamo Cameron, MPH,RD,LD
    >Nutrition Communications
    >Edelman Public Relations Worldwide
    >Chicago
    >312-297-7435
    >




    _____________________________________
    JoAnn Prophet, M.S., R.D.
    Lecturer, Food Service Management
    Nutrition Department
    University of California
    One Shields Avenue
    Davis, CA 95616
    Phone: (530) 752-2666 Fax: (530) 752-8966



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