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Looks can be deceiving…

Looks can be deceiving…. Group Members ~ Shimeon Lee [16] ~ Siew Jia Yang [17] ~ Tan Ijoe [18] (Leader) ~Tan Yiwei Ivan [19] ~Tay Keng Teng [20]. Research Education. Teacher Mentor DR. Iluyomade Raphael Funwa. Group 4 . Topic

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Looks can be deceiving…

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  1. Looks can be deceiving…

  2. Group Members ~Shimeon Lee [16] ~SiewJia Yang [17] ~ Tan Ijoe [18] (Leader) ~Tan Yiwei Ivan [19] ~Tay KengTeng [20] Research Education Teacher Mentor DR. Iluyomade Raphael Funwa Group 4

  3. Topic Food Storage— How does the Singapore community store food and what implications does it have on food contamination and poisoning, affecting food distribution. Many people understand the problems improper food storage will bring. Food poisoning. But the only symptoms the public know of are basically having diarrhea. They know it’s fatal, but they don’t know how to detect it. Salmonella is the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning in Singapore with 1,480 cases reported in 2010 and 1,383 cases in 2011. It can be particularly harmful for the elderly. Ministry of Health’s Weekly Infectious Disease Bulletin

  4. Table of Contents Introduction/Topic [Viewed on previous slide] Methodology 2.1 Survey 2.1.1 Objectives of Survey 2.1.2 Demographics 2.1.3 How was it carried out? 2.2 Interview Data Analysis 3.1 Results 3.1.1 Visual Reports 3.1.2 Interpretation of Results Discussion 4.1 Implications of Findings 4.2 Limitations of Findings 4.3 Proposals/Recommendations Conclusion Acknowledgements

  5. Methodology 2.1 Survey 2.1.1 Objectives of Survey • To find out if the members of the public are aware of the importance of food storage • To assess if the members of the public could detect early symptoms of food poisoning so that they could seek early treatment. • To find out if the members of the public know that the proper places to store differing types of food.

  6. 2.1.2 Demographics Respondents Marital Status Age Groups

  7. 2.1.3 How was it carried out? The purpose of our survey is to collect information that was not available through our literature research, such as the members of the public’s knowledge on food storage and their awareness of the importance of it. Date/Time: 7th August 2012, after Save the Gryphon musical. Venue: Bishan, Junction 8 Mall The respondents were informed of the topic of our survey and were asked if they were comfortable and could spare a few minutes to complete the survey questions. The respondent’s feedbacks were recorded in the questionnaire form which was later brought back for further analysis and interpretation. After the respondents had completed their survey, we thanked them fervently for their cooperation.

  8. 2.2 Interview Interviewee: Ms JoscelinSun, Manager of Community Outreach Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority(AVA) Ms Sun Wanting replied in her email that it was not possible for a face-to-face interview, as our questions would require inputs from several departments in AVA, but she would gladly assist us in getting answers needed.

  9. The Food Safety public education programme was introduced in 2003. to increase awareness of food safety amongst members of the public as well as to profile AVA as the national authority for food safety. July was set as the Food Safety month. During the food safety month, a series of outreach activities such as exhibitions, schools and workplace talks and community events are held to educate consumers on food safety. This year: Supermarket tours (14 July – 19 August 2012) Food Safety Awards Night (13 July 2012) AVA will continue to reach out to the bigger community to educate them and to equip them with the knowledge of food storage.

  10. Data Analysis • 3.1 Results Cooking at home-A healthier choice Cooking yourself will ensure that the food is properly handled as people would not risk their health. ------------Cooking at home is probably one of the best ways to prevent food contamination. Results of the survey showed that: 20% of respondents never cook at home, meaning that they either eat out or have takeaways, both giving a possibility of contamination. 70% cook at home at least once a week, reducing food contamination if they know how to properly store their food. The remaining 10% cook at home every day.

  11. Analysing results of interview. The basic principle of storing food is to keep cold food cold and store dried food in cool and dry place. This method can help prevent Salmonella from breeding. (Emphasis on help) However small, this Salmonella can cause a lot of problems, doing a lot of damage to food distribution in Singapore.

  12. 3.1.1 Visual Reports From Survey Table1. Where different food products are stored

  13. From Interview In 2006, 2007 and 2008, there were 2.5, 2.5 and 3.45 incidents of food poisoning outbreaks per 1,000 food outlets respectively. Graph 3 Reference will be cited at the end.

  14. 3.1.2 Interpretation of Results • Through conducting our survey and online interview, results have shown: • Public does not know of all the symptoms related to food poisoning. • Bacterial food poisoning should not be taken lightly in the elderly. • Food poisoning is mostly caused by improper handling of food or unclean hands touching it. Therefore, the results all point to one subject: Education. Although AVA has Food Safety Month, not a lot of people actually heard of it, thus lessening its effect.

  15. Discussion 4.1 Implications of Findings From the survey, we can tell that some of our respondents know how to store their takeaway food but there are still some things that a large number of people are not aware of. 30% percent of respondents chose plastic containers to store their food. 45% percent chose Styrofoam boxes. However, most of our respondents are aware of how to store their leftovers. 5% of respondents chose to leave their food out in the open, others store in fridge or throw away. This research has shown that while most people are aware of how to store their food properly, they still need to be educated on this matter especially on how to store their takeaway food.

  16. How to store uncooked or leftover food VS How to store takeaway food

  17. We found that food contamination can seriously affect food distribution, especially if it is serious. It takes a lot of time and effort to find out the cause and the source of food contamination. When a serious food contamination happens, AVA will investigate its cause while a temporary ban may even be imposed on the manufacturer/producer, causing a disruption to the entire food supply chain. If serious violation is found and the food source licence is revoked, food distribution would be stopped inevitably until a new source of supply is found. All in all, the fact that Singaporeans know heavily emphasised basic principle behind food storage, which is to keep cold food cold and store dried food in cool and dry place and that the AVA does many things to educate the public about food storage. This helps to make food poisoning not too serious a problem in Singapore. However, it is important to prevent food poisoning from becoming serious, as this can have very serious implications on food distribution.

  18. 4.2 Limitations of Findings Survey The sample size of 20 respondents is too small. A larger size (i.e. above 100) may be better as we would have a wider scope of how do different people store the food at home. The survey is conducted in only one area which is Bishan, Junction 8. A more diverse location would help us collect more data on how the members of public store their food. Interview Inability to acquire more interviewees due to time constraints has reduced our source of relevant information significantly

  19. 4.3 Proposals/Recommendations A larger size (i.e above 100) may be better as we would have a wider scope of how do different people store the food at home. A more diverse location would help us collect more data on how the members of public store their food. Wider range so as to interview more experts in this field and people from other organizations other than the AVA like the workers in the National Environmental Agency (NEA). We propose that the solution to solve the problem of unawareness is to broadcast the information about food safety and symptoms of food poisoning to drastically reduce the cases of food poisoning.

  20. Conclusion The goal in raising awareness of proper food storage and ways of tackling food contamination is set to achieve an equal food distribution in Singapore. This research informs the member of the public the correct ways of storing different types of food, so as to prevent food contamination. The concept of (proposed solution) is to (how it helps). This is a first step to align Singapore’s methods to meet the rising number of cases of food contamination and integrate this method to the social needs of the society. With a raised awareness of the importance of food storage and ways to curb food contamination, we are able to achieve an equal food distribution in Singapore and maintain the stable food security that we have ( How can the government and support help to promote the solution proposed).

  21. Acknowledgements

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