Dubai Municipality has launched the ‘Food Safety Hero’ program at the International Centre for Culinary Arts (ICCA) in Dubai Knowledge Park. The program for schools aims to teach students safe and healthy methods of food preparation and consumption through an interactive educational experience in order to ensure a sustainable, healthier and safer future for children.
In partnership with the ICCA, the programme will offer school children an educational experience using interactive food preparation activities focusing on food safety in a creative manner. The program, which will run throughout 2023, includes experts and chefs who will instruct students on how to strengthen and refine their leadership abilities, and help raise awareness on food safety among their parents and classmates by crowning them with the title of ‘Food Safety Heroes.’
Furthermore, to reach as many students as possible and share knowledge through internal student activities, numerous schools in Dubai will take part in the program, which aims to raise awareness among various segments of society, encouraging students to join the ‘I Pledge to Food Safety’ initiative through the website www.foodsafetypledge.com, and engage in continuous learning about food safety.
Students taking part in the program will learn how their health is directly impacted by the safety of the food they eat. The program will further emphasise the significance of preventing food waste and the role of safe and proper nutrition as a key element of food security. It will also explain the best practices that assure food safety and the sustainability of food ecosystems.