01 Group Activity 1 (RM)
01 Group Activity 1 (RM)
01 Group Activity 1 (RM)
Members: Ricarlo Basilio, Janna Louise Castillo, John Andrei Depliyan, Date: 18/09/2022
Jilianne Katherine Escarilla, Sean Moris Gonzalez, Rizalyn Section: BSHM-O106
Timbang, John Wilson Tobalado, Lara Joanna Postor
Round Table
Discuss within your group the roles of each identified sector in implementing and developing the Food Safety
Act of 2013 and the Code on Sanitation of the Philippines. Then, assess the importance of these roles in
protecting the public from foodborne illnesses. Write your responses on the table in four (4) sentences each.
You will be graded based on the following rubric:
Government Industry
They are the ones who validate Food from the They were the ones who followed the rules that the
international into our country. They are in charge of government made. Their job is to ensure that the
controlling the food supply in the country. They Food that will enter the marketplace is secured,
were the ones in charge of implementing rules and safe, and suitable for humans to intake. Before
regulations that prioritize public health while putting in the marketplace, they must first fulfill the
considering other socio-economic and standards and obligations that the government
environmental considerations. For instance, Food- demands. For example, Risa is a food supervisor at
and water-borne diseases (FWBDs) kill an a company. She inspects the food production and
estimated 1.8 million people worldwide each year, finds that some of her staff don't know enough
according to the Philippines' government officials about food safety production. Hence, she put her
in a 2019 strategic plan. The plan acknowledged team on a seminar to gain enough knowledge on
that FWBDs pose a public health challenge because how to produce food products safely to avoid food
they cause up to 80% of illnesses in developing poisoning. As a result, they make a clean and safe
countries. It also emphasized that FWBDs rank product that satisfies their customers.
among the top 10 causes of morbidity and fatality in
the Philippines.
Consumer Academe
We are all consumers, and as consumers, our job Academia plays a huge role in food safety,
is to know all the Food's information, to tell if it is especially scientists. They give us scientific data
safe to eat. We can read the Food labels, that can help determine if the Food is safe for
humans to eat. They are in charge of providing
instructions, and facts to understand its
scientific terms in the ingredients of one Food.
information. We are also in charge of giving Without academia or scientists, we couldn't see the
feedback on the Food, for example, not having nutrition facts of the Food we eat. As a scientist,
proper hygiene and expired and defective After harvesting raw materials, a lot of scientist
products. One example is Raze will cook work on how to preserve them and how Food is
Pininyahang Manok for her girlfriend. He always safe for the entire shelf life. Moreover, scientists
might have to do different processes such as
ensures that the chicken he'll use is high quality
preheating, refrigerating, and drying; after all of
because it will help the Food taste better and for these works, they find the best packaging to protect
safety purposes. His favorite chicken brand is it. For example, you bought a cup noodle that you
already sold out, there are other chicken brands saw online and didn't check if it was FDA-
beside it, but he doubts the quality of it, so he asks approved. This is where academia is essential
the salesman about it, he discovers that it also has because it helps us know the composition of what
we buy in the market.
the same qualities as his favorite brand, he's
convinced, so he bought it.