RESOLUTION NO. 920603

Designating June 1 to June 6, 1992 as Food Safety Week in Kansas City.

WHEREAS, the incidence of food-borne illness is increasing and calls for greater consumer awareness of the proper procedures for handling and preparing food in the home and for consumers to be alert for proper sanitation in the stores where they shop; and

WHEREAS, food-borne disease is especially acute for the elderly and the very young, requiring extreme care in cooking and maintaining food at the proper temperature; and

WHEREAS, the Kansas City Health Department is commended for its continued vigilance in protecting the shopping public from unsanitary conditions that can result in unsafe food, despite the continued expansion of shopping hours of grocery stores and the increasing number of establishments serving food that has stretched thin the Department's available resources in a time of restricted budgets; and

WHEREAS, education of consumers on the identification of potential sanitary problems in food stores and establishments serving food can augment the resources of the Health Department; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

That the Mayor and Council hereby designate June 1 to June 6, 1992 as Food Safety Week in Kansas City and commend the activities of the Kansas City Consumer Alliance in educating the citizens of our community on food safety; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof, and that copies hereof be presented to the Alliance and to its member organizations in token of the appreciation of the Mayor and Council for their efforts to make Kansas City a more healthful city.

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