World Food Safety Day (Test Challenge)

DESCRIPTION

World Food Safety Day (WFSD) aims to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect, and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism and sustainable development. Led by the United Nations and celebrated each year on 7 June, this international day is an opportunity to strengthen efforts to ensure that the food we eat is safe, mainstream food safety in the public agenda and reduce the burden of foodborne diseases globally

The theme for this year’s World Food Safety Day is “Safer food, better health”. The campaign stresses the need to transform food systems to deliver better health in a sustainable manner in order to prevent most foodborne diseases. Food systems policymakers, practitioners and investors are invited to reorient their activities to increase the sustainable production and consumption of safe foods in order to improve health outcomes.

CHALLENGE

During the test challenge, Efektas Group will organize the place for different type of activites to provide fruitful experience to the national team members. In this way, team members will show their performance to involve in the actvities. All activites will design to contribute to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market access, tourism and sustainable development. After each activity, there will be debriefing session to discuss the relavence between activities and Food Safety Day.

1st Activity: Tasting Local Foods

In this activity, participant will taste the local products and the facilitator/youth worker will ask questions about the ingredients and preperation styles.

2nd Activity: Agriculture Quiz

In this activity, the facilitator/youth worker will ask questions about agriculture, crops, planting and harvesting by showing the real products from the farm.

3rd Activity: Rapeseed Oil Making

In this activity, team member will try to produce oil by using oil making machine. Facilitator will explain the waste management and benefits of using local products for sustainability.

4th Activity: Candle Making from Natural Honey wax

In this activity, team members will try to make daily life tools by using natural materials. 5th Activity: Food Drying: In this activity, team members will try local methods of food drying.

TIPS

1. Be ready to involve local activities wiht your team.

2. You will be in the village during the activities

3. The activities’ place is selected to show you the real agricultural place to see food safety practices.

4. According to the performance of the teams, facilitator gives point for your performance/true answers.

TEAMS

Greek Team