om aeiree, Sunday, Decembe: 24, 2000 - North Shore News - 25 rour sieps fe DURING this festive season, serving a meal to family and friends is a tradition in many Canadian households. With millions of meals being prepared, consumers _ are reminded to practise safe foad handling. techniques when preparing these holiday food delights. To help keep holiday meals, and meals year-round, safe from bacteria that can cause foodborne illness, the Canadian. Partnership for Consumer Food — Safety Education urges consumers to remember “the following four simple steps. B® Clean: always wash your hands‘ with hot, soapy water _ ~ before and after handling food. Be sure also to Keep your utensils, cutting boards, and countertops clean as: well. Use clean plates to ‘serve food. @ Separate: to keep juices from cross: contaminating, “use separate. cutting boards | NEWS photo Julia bverson - MOLSON saies rep Lynda Perovich t tries out a ‘North Shore Rescue Team stretcher. The beer company recent- ty presented the taam with a $5,600 donation to nelp pay fer the team’s new support vehicte. Search and res-: cue training officer Bridget Milisom, teft, end team feader Tim Jones made Perovich comfortable. isease generally” ‘ develops. slowly nd. without causing any. pain. Sometimes.“you ‘ may..not. notice any: signs” until the disease. is. serious and you're in danger of losing your teeth. Gum." disease ; starts. with’ plaque, which, if ‘not’ removed every. day by brushing and flossing, hardens into tar-. tar. Tartar cannot be removed by brush- ing and flossing. If you allow. tartar to. accumulate: on your. teezh, a. bacterial’ infection “may: develop below the gum - -line. Unless. this infection is treated, it “can destroy: ‘the gum tissue and bene; hat support: your. teeth. Eventually your teeth. will become loose and ma Ww carers s by making i it difficult for them . to wear dentures comfortably. . --Your dentist is trained te detect and /teeat_ gum disease. ‘The good news. is © that, regardicss of your. age, gum dis- ease.can almost always .be prevented, and ifit does start, it can be treated and ° _ even reversed in its early stages. Here's how. you .can Prevent gem . disease... ~~ : $8 Brush your teeth rwice a day. ; ‘Take your time and brush your teeth “gently. Do not sctub. Pay attention to the area where the teeth and gums meet and - ”~ clean every surface of every tooth. ~ -@ Floss your teeth every day. -Flossing ‘removes plaque under the. gum line and between teeth. These are , Places your toothbrush cannot reach. If plaque. is not. removed it can harden “into tartar, The best time to floss is just before going to bed at night. : ‘Check your t teeth an gums in ‘the Next to brushing and flossing, a reguiar “check-up is the best thing you can do. ll out mirror “after you’ have brushed and flossed. Look for a change in the colour. of your gums, gums that are. red or ~ bleed every time you brush or floss, bad breath that will not go away, a metal taste in your mouth, and shiny, puffy or sore gums and teeth that are sensitive © ‘for no reason, See your.dentist on a regular basis. for your dental health. Your dentist will check for’ signs of | gum discase that you cannot see. Gum _disease most often forms in one or two ‘ Spots that are missed on a regular basis. Eat healthy foods. Healthy foods are - good for your general heaith and your dental health. Your. teeth. and gums cannot fight cavities. and gum disease without. the nutrients from healthy foods like fruits and vegetables. . : “? gym at Lions Gate for raw meat, ‘poultry, and vegetables, Replace empty ‘buffet I Safi ’ platters “sumer, government, with new: ones, instead of adding fresh food to platters that have already been used. § Cook: cook all foods thor- oughly, to safe internal tem- peratures. Keep hot food hot by using chafing. dishes, crock pots, and warming trays. & Chill: don’t let food sit at room temperature for more than two hours. Keep cold foads cold by placing serving dishes on bowls of ice- oe Leftovers: should — be. refrigerated promptly using ©. small, shallow containers... Use lettovers within two to four days, and be sure to, reheat thorougily. : The Canadian Partnership for Consumer Food. Safety Education is: a non-profit: coalition of industry, con- health: and environmental organiza- tions dedicated to reducing: the incidence of foodborne ilness in Canada. . : “For more information on ° safe - food handling: tech- niques, foodborne’ illness, and the partnership,.. call (613) 798- 3042,.° ioog donors | needed BE someone’s angel. this season and give the gift that is already in you. Wednesday, Dec. 27. is your. opportunity. to: give somebody the priceless gift of life by giving blood. One hundred and twenty angels are needed to attend the clinic being held on Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m., : in. the medical da lospital, * 231 E.. 15th St. North’ Vancouver... |. “Although the “holiday "season ishere, the. fact: is _surgeries and: medical treat-: ments still ‘take’ place’ daily, and unfortunately, traumas still: occur,” said “Dr. Anil Mangal, medical director for :.. the B.C. & Yukon Centre of. Canadian (CBS). ° “Blood : Service . SNo o one plans to have an centre: ~ One: Dec 27 “accident or ‘blesdiag orate. lems during. surgery... It’s. extremely important to have sufficient quantities of blood - on hand, particularly during: the holiday season when w lization : is _ high,” Mangal. ws You must: be in health, weigh no less: than? - 100 pounds and bring your’ blood “donor card | or_othe gift of. blood . = you ‘could: help save the lives ‘of up to. four people this season. ‘The life you save could be som “Tike. ‘four-year-old Brennan, Brennan’ has’ been: “battling cancer for over two' She has - required. more’, than 300 blood, plasma and® latelet transfusions” and one marrow.: transplant. * Brennan is ‘now recoverin, ; thanks to donors.