Food Safety

Title: "Safe Food and Water"

Author(s) and Affiliations: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control

Target Audience: General Population Living with HIV

Topic: Food Safety

Reading Level (SMOG Test): 8^th Grade

Language: Spanish and English

Synopsis/Description: The brochure informs people living with HIV/AIDS of steps to take to reduce their chances of acquireing food born illness. These steps include: how to prepare meat and poultry, how to make drinking water safe, what to look for when grocery shopping and what to order when dinning out.

Synopsis of NRC Consumer Reviews: The reviewers said this brochure is a useful piece for people newly diagnosed with HIV and for people who are looking for "education on basic principles of food safety." One reviewer discussed that the information in the brochure "takes away some of the fears" around restricting your diet for safety reasons. Another reviewer suggested that this resource is " a bit limited, but it teases the reader to continue to look for more information" from sources listed in the back of the brochure or from their physician. Reviewers agreed this resource would be distributed most often by case managers, educators, nurses, physicians and nutritionist.

To download a copy of the brochure:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/brochure/food.htm

Date of Most Recent Revision/ Update: February 1999

Next Planned Update: Not available

Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Copyright Information: Not Copyrighted

Permission to Reproduce? Yes Permission to Distribute? Yes

Type of Material: Brochure

Cost per copy: Free

Multiple copies: Yes

Shipping Cost: N/A

Ordering Contact:

CDC National Prevention Information Network
1-800-458-5231
1-301-562-1098
PO Box 60003
Rockville, MD 20849-60003
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm

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