On 7 June, at the Milon School in Nagaland, India, students joined the world in celebrating World Food Safety Day in a number of different activities.

The school invited Dr AkumtoshiAo. M.D to talk to the children – known as “Milonites”, after the name of their school – about healthy foods and food safety. “Take care of what and how you eat”, they were taught. In addition, the science club of the school gave a presentation on foodborne diseases.

The school also conducted a poster making competition with the theme: Food standards saves lives, in which students from pre-primary to grade 6 participated.

To inculcate hygienic habits, the children were taught the seven steps of hand washing in a dance.

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