Learn about food safety

      September is Food Safety Month.  The goals for the month are to reinforce food safety education and training among restaurant and food service workers and to educate the public about food safety.

      The theme this year is “Four Steps to Food Safety (Consumer) and ‘CHECK IT OUT before you check it in (Retail).

      As an expression of Picatinny’s commitment to food safety, a Food Safety Month Information Booth will be set up at the Commissary Sept. 25 from 10 am. – 3 p.m.      Sgt. Eric Daniels from the Northeast District Veterinary Command, Fort Monmouth Branch, Picatinny Food Inspection Section, will be handing out educational materials and stickers for the kids.

      Daniels is the local food inspector here who keeps watch over every food establishment on post.  He inspects the food that comes to Mulligans, Halfway House, Choices and the Commissary.

      For further information, check out the following websites:  http://vets.amedd.army.mil/vetcom/index.html or http://www.fightbac.org/educators.cfm.

      If you have any concerns at any time about food on post, you can contact Sgt. Daniels, X2918 or 4281.