MALTA: Food safety week launched - (The Malta Independent)
May 16, 2008 – 11:13 pmParliamentary secretary for Health Joe Cassar yesterday launched the first Maltese Food Safety Week an awareness campaign set up to counter the increasing number of cases of food poisoning at home.
According to statistics issued by the Public Health Department, in 2007 there was an increase of 57 cases of food poisoning during 2006.
The first Maltese Food Safety Week will be held between yesterday and 22 May. Its aim is to increase awareness and inform the Maltese general public about the latest information on how to maintain food hygiene and food safety at home.
This campaign is the end result, following data showing that the number of food poisoning cases at home has been increasing in recent years.
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