K-STATE researchers say food-safety blogs are key way to reach new generation of food handlers – (News release prepared by Kristin Hodges)

MANHATTAN — The growing presence of blogs make the new form of media a key way to inform consumers about safe food practices and to reduce the incidence of foodborne illnesses, according to a Kansas State University food scientist.
K-State’s Doug Powell, associate professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology, is a co-author of the article “New Media for Communicating Food Safety” in the January issue of Food Technology, which is published by the Institute of Food Technologists.
In the article, Powell and the other researchers describe how methods of informing consumers must evolve to fit a new generation of food handlers.
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