On 9 May, Masanori Kotani, Vice President/Secretary General of Japan’s Food Safety Management Association (JFSM) delivered a lecture on food safety and the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) “5 keys to safer food” and “2023 theme and slogan of World Food Safety Day” to second- and third-year students at Hokkaido Shizunai Agricultural High School.

Following the last year’s lecture, the session included quizzes, which helped make the food safety lessons more fun and attractive for the students. In addition, the third-year students took part in a shop floor lesson in the milk processing room to learn the very basic of good hygiene practices and HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) by referring to the ‘ice cream’ production process.

Students commented: “I now understand why food safety is so important and necessary” and “I have learned that it is important to pursue the “why” of food safety related actions”.