Safe Handling Practices Labeling

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Lin, C.-T. Jordan, Sara B. Fein, and Alan S. Levy	Consumer Awareness of Safe Food Handling Label This presentation accompanies the poster of the same title. It presents charts relating consumer exposure to the USDA "Safe Handling Instructions" label on raw meat and poultry products to food safety perceptions and practices. It includes the relationship between seeing the label and: safe food preparation practices; knowledge of food safety incidents; and perceived risk of unsafe practices. Finally there is data on the effectiveness of the label as measured by changed consumer behavior and improved consumer education of food safety issues. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, February 15, 2001	Aug 8, 2002
	Lin, C.-T. Jordan, Sara B. Fein, and Alan S. Levy	Consumer Response to the Safe Handling Instructions Label on Meat and Poultry This presentation was given at the APHA Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA on October 23, 2001. It presents findings of a survey on consumer response to the "Safe Handling Instructions" label required by the USDA to be on all raw meat and poultry products. It includes the prevalence of consumer awareness of the label, the relationship between label awareness and handling practices, the relationship between label awareness and perceived risks of unsafe practices, and a discussion of factors associated with awareness. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, October 23, 2001	Aug 8, 2002
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Labeling: Safe Handling Statements: Labeling of Shell Eggs Proposed rule "to amend the agency’s food labeling regulations to permit the egg industry to place the safe handling statement for shell eggs on the inside lid of egg cartons if the statement "Keep Refrigerated" appears on the principal display panel (PDP) or information panel." Includes discussion of the analysis of economic impacts. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, May 5, 2005	May 6, 2005
	Office of Plant and Dairy Foods and Beverages, Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling and Dietary Supplements, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Guidance for Industry: Food Labeling: Safe Handling Statements, Labeling of Shell Eggs; Refrigeration of Shell Eggs Held for Retail Distribution This guidance document describes in plain language the legal requirements set forth in the regulations for the safe handling label and refrigeration of shell eggs held at retail establishments. (more) Publication Month: July 2001	Aug 6, 2002
	Ralston, Katherine L.; Lin, C.T. Jordan	Safe Handling Labels for Meat and Poultry: A Case Study in Information Policy This document reviews the economics behind the FSIS requirement of safe handling labels for raw meat and poultry, and provides a summary of data on the success of the regulation. Data is given on consumer behavior change based on the labels, the relationship between safe food practices and seeing the label, the relationship between risk perception and seeing the label, the relationship between foodborne illness incident awareness and seeing the label, and more. (more) Publication Year: 2001	Aug 8, 2002

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