Tuesday, August 26, 2008
QCX 521 - website review 3
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is a government body that "ensures a resilient supply of safe food, to safeguard the health of animals and plants and facilitate agri-trade for the well-being of the nation". In short, AVA helps to ensure the safety of the food we eat in singapore.
How the website is applicable to HE
The main AVA page serves as an update page for highlighting the most recent food-safety-related happenings in Singapore, as well as other parts of the world. Taking for example, an outbreak caused by contaminated deli meats in Canada earlier this month. The main page of AVA is updated at once with the warning message from the Canadian food authority and continues with the reassurance that Singapore is free from such imports at present. In a way, National Education can be promoted to the students with the aid of this website as this is a demonstration of national security and is in line with the following 2 NE messages:
- We must ourselves defend Singapore.
We are proud to defend Singapore ourselves, no one else is responsible for our security and well-being.
- We have confidence in our future.
United, determined and well-prepared, we have what it takes to build a bright future for ourselves, and to progress together as one nation.
AVA and Food Safety EducationThere is a section in the AVA website that is dedicated to educating the public on the safety of food. The
Food Safety Education page carries useful information on what food safety is all about, the factors that endangers the food we eat, as well as tips on how we can prevent the food contamination. Tips on how to ensure
food safety in school are also available and this can be beneficial information for the students. The information is presented in a table format and reasons why these practices have to be carried out are listed alongside, so students viewing the website will have a clear idea of the impact of their daily hygiene habits on their well-beings.
AVA and Food Labelling requirementsUnder the
Food Labelling section of AVA, students can find out the mandatory features of food product labels, as well as the restrictions that are imposed on food labelling. The explanations are explicit and suitable for use together with the assigned HE text/workbooks as instructional materials. Students can then observe and understand the practicality and applicability of textbook information in real life and learn about the importance of it.
Personal commentsI like the clean interface of the AVA website, because it allows for easy reading, especially since it is loaded with information that are relevant to the topics covered in HE and F&N. This is also a good website that can be recommended to the students as it's a platform for them to see how food safety is correlated to national security and we can easily incorporate NE into the lessons!
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