NEW YORK: Many young adults take chances with food safety - (Reuters)
March 26, 2008 – 9:09 pmhttp://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSCOL66695520080326?sp=true
http://barfblog.foodsafety.ksu.edu/2008/03/articles/food-safety-communication/food-safety-information-rapid-reliable-repeated-and-relevant/index.html
Dr. Carol Byrd-Bredbenner of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and colleagues were cited as reporting in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association that many college students engaged in eating behaviors that could make them sick, like eating raw homemade cookie dough or runny eggs.
The story says that to investigate how often young adults engage in this type of “risky eating behavior,” they surveyed 4,343 students at 21 colleges and universities across the U.S. about their eating habits and confidence in their ability to handle food safely.
On average, the study participants reported feeling strongly that they could prepare and handle food safely. But 53 percent reported eating raw homemade cookie dough (which contains uncooked eggs), 33 percent said they ate fried eggs with soft or runny yolks, 29 percent ate sushi, and 28 percent consumed raw sprouts. Eleven percent said they ate raw oysters, clams or mussels, and […]
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