Sanipes named 20 food safety school leaders to promote good food practices

Within the framework of the "Leaders of Food Safety" campaign and under the motto "Food safety is everyone's business," the National Authority for Health and Food Safety in Fisheries and Aquaculture (Sanipes) appointed 20 students as school leaders of food safety in the emblematic educational institutions Carlos Wiesse and José Granda, in Lima. The appointed students, from first to fifth grade of secondary school, will promote among their peers the culture of good food safety practices in order to mitigate health risks from foodborne diseases (FBDs). Likewise, at the Carlos Wiesse and José Granda educational institutions, a total of 1200 students were made aware of the five keys of food safety with the playful theater work "A Tale of Food Safety." "It is a special day because we recognize ten students as leaders, who will take on the commitment to spread good food safety practices to protect our health," expressed the executive president of Sanipes, Mónica Saavedra. For her part, ...