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‘Comics’ way to Food Safety

ducating children, most
often falls on deaf ears,
as they do what they
want to do. Merck, a
Eglobal leader in science
and technology, along with Tinkle
have come up with two innovative
comic books aimed at raising food
safety awareness among children.
The comics were launched at
the Indian Institute of Science,
Bengaluru, with over 200 students
from government schools attending making it engaging and relatable pledging to commit to healthy
the event. for younger audiences. These eating and hygiene practices. An
As part of the #SafeFoodFirst stories aim to instil vital food safety educational video -- “Science
campaign, the comic books titled practices from an early age. behind Food Safety” -- explored
‘Rishi’s Great Farm Adventure’ and The event featured interactive the critical roles of various
‘Rishi’s Street Food Discovery’ activities, including food safety stakeholders in ensuring food
simplify the complex topic of quizzes, and painting favourite safety — from producers to
microbial contamination in food, food superheroes with participants consumers.

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