Tag: food safety

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Food Expiration Dates Don’t Mean What You Think

The article discusses the issue of food waste, particularly in the United States, where 37% of food waste comes from individual households. It highlights the confusion around food labels and expiration dates, with many consumers throwing away perfectly safe food items because they are unsure how to interpret the dates. The article suggests implementing standardized date labels and incentivizing grocers and restaurants to donate unsold food as potential solutions to reduce food waste.

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The Story of Cholera

The article describes how cholera spread through a village and how it was prevented. Women carried the cholera germs home in the water, flies carried them on their feet, and unwashed hands spread them too. The author teaches people to always wash their hands with soap and safe water after going to the toilet and to dig latrines far from the river, at least 30 meters away, and always wash and peel food, cook it, and eat it hot and protected from flies.