{"id":385315,"date":"2023-02-14T06:06:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T20:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=385315"},"modified":"2023-02-14T06:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T20:06:57","slug":"nmc-crees-conducts-food-safety-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/nmc-crees-conducts-food-safety-training\/","title":{"rendered":"NMC-CREES conducts food safety training"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_385316\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-385316\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Food-safety-pix-PW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Food-safety-pix-PW-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"498\" class=\"size-large wp-image-385316\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-385316\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eighteen participants from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota were able to learn about why food safety is important, how to identify potential hazards in food, and the key food safety practices to prevent foodborne illnesses, which was conducted by the Northern Marianas College &#8211; Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services, in partnership with the University of Idaho. (NMC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Northern Marianas College \u2013 Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services, in partnership with the University of Idaho, recently provided food safety training for farmers and producers from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. <\/p>\n<p>The 18 participants learned about the importance of food safety, how to identify potential hazards in food, and the key food safety practices to prevent foodborne illnesses. <\/p>\n<p>Presenting alongside NMC-CREES Agroforestry and Food &amp; Nutrition Security extension agent Jesse Deleon Guerrero and professor\/state program and food science leader Dr. Zaidul Sarker and also University of Idaho assistant professor &amp; extension consumer food-safety specialist Dr. Jang Ho Kim and Food Technology Center director Joshua Bevan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ultimate goal of the food safety training was successfully achieved by the NMC-CREES team,\u201d Kim said. <\/p>\n<p>Representatives from the Garapan Public Market, Department of Lands of Natural Resources\u2019 Division of Agriculture, Tinian Slaughterhouse, Tinian Cattle Rancher Association, Paeda\u2019s Local Product &amp; Produce, and Chugai Farms were present at the training. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very useful workshop for underserved CNMI communities in food safety education and training to address common food safety issues,\u201d Sarker said. <\/p>\n<p>CNMI Department of Land and Natural Resources \u2013 Division of Agriculture Extension Agent and Specialty Crop Block Grant Program coordinator Charles Aiseam appreciated the training services provided by NMC-CREES. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey taught us essential skills needed to ensure the safe handling and preparation of food for our island community,\u201d Aiseam said. <\/p>\n<p>Chugai Farms sales manager Dana Calvo also thanks NMC-CREES for sharing this knowledge with the community. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis food safety training that was generously provided by NMC-CREES encourages the CNMI business community to continue to run their food production businesses with customer safety at the forefront,\u201d Calvo said. <\/p>\n<p>For more information on the programs and services NMC-CREES provides, visit crees.marianas.edu. <em>(NMC)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Northern Marianas College \u2013 Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services, in partnership with the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":385316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-385315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}