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TABLE 1. Characteristics of focus group participants and senior center cooks pertaining to meal consumption Percentage of participants (n) Senior focus group participants (n = 43) Females Males How many meals do you usually eat at the senior center? No meals per week 1 meal per week 2 meals per week 3 meals per week 4 meals per week 5 meals per week Missing What types of foods have you taken home from a restaurant? Meats and Poultry Bread Vegetables Salads Casserole/hot dish Fruit Dessert Senior center cooks (n = 9) Females Meals prepared per day Average Range Meals delivered per day Average Range 72.1 (31) 27.9 (12) 18.6 (8) 7.0 (3) 7.0 (3) 7.0 (3) 7.0 (3) 51.1 (22) 2.3 (1) 58.1 (25) 18.6 (8) 32.6 (14) 20.9 (9) 23.3 (10) 14.0 (6) 32.6 (14) 100.0 (9) 66 35–300 80 8–300 Percentages total more than 100% because participants could check more than one response. risk to their health (9). Roseman and Hayek (16) reported positive changes in food safety behavior of seniors and home-delivered meal recipients after these individuals had received food safety education. Delivered meals usually do not have food handling/safety labels that provide information on proper storage and later use of uneaten foods. Little food safety education is provided for MOW recipients. Almanza et al. (2), after conducting a survey, recommended that home-delivered meal recipients should be informed that it is best to eat the meals immediately, or refrigerate and then reheat when ready to consume the meal. A colorcoded sticker system was suggested by Mathieu (12) to be used to signify different days of the week for home-delivered meals. Roseman (15) recommended that delivery drivers encourage MOW recipients to eat their meal immediately or make sure that it is refrigerated upon delivery. In addition, home-delivered meal providers could implement strategies to encourage safe food handling practices in the home by changing food container types and providing storage information on containers (15). time from packing at the preparation site to delivery was 1.95 hours, for a total of 3.17 hours, from on-site preparation to off-site consumption (2). Seniors stated that foodborne illness was not likely to happen to them (15), an attitude that may lead to a false sense of safety. Boone et al. (4) reported that mature adults (over 65) generally had knowledge of safe food handling behaviors but did not translate this knowledge to practices such as refrigerating food promptly. Educators have many channels to reach seniors, and they need to help seniors understand the relationship between inappropriate practices and the 850 FOOD PROTECTION TRENDS | DECEMBER 2009

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Food Protection Trends - December 2009
Contents
Sustaining Members
Vickie’s View from Your President
Commentary from the Executive Director
Frequency and Type of Food Safety Infractions in Food Establishments with and without Certified Food Handlers
Food Safety Labels and Education for Meals-on-Wheels Participants
Special Interest Paper – Critical Research Needs in Food Safety Microbiology
Highlights from IAFP Fifth European Symposium on Food Safety
Call for Awards – IAFP 2009
IAFP Committee, PDG, Task Force and Affiliate Council Mission Statements
New Members
What’s Happening in Food Safety
Industry Products
Coming Events
Advertising Index
Index to Volume 29
Journal of Food Protection Table of Contents
Booklet Order Form
Membership Application
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Sustaining Members
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Vickie’s View from Your President
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Commentary from the Executive Director
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Frequency and Type of Food Safety Infractions in Food Establishments with and without Certified Food Handlers
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Highlights from IAFP Fifth European Symposium on Food Safety
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Call for Awards – IAFP 2009
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - IAFP Committee, PDG, Task Force and Affiliate Council Mission Statements
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - New Members
Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - What’s Happening in Food Safety
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Industry Products
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Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Coming Events
Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Advertising Index
Food Protection Trends - December 2009 - Index to Volume 29
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