CPS: Safe Food Preparation Helps Prevent Food-borne Illnesses. | SMN NEWS

PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):---  In connection with safe food preparation at home or grabbing a bite from food kiosks; street market vendors; and other points of sale, the Collective Prevention Services (CPS) a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, says it is essential to observe safe food handling practices at any one of the aforementioned locations in order for patrons to avoid food-borne illnesses.

Unsafe food poses global health threats, endangering everyone. Infants, young children, pregnant women, the elderly, and those with an underlying disease are particularly vulnerable.

Food can become contaminated at any point of production ...


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