Packed lunch Twitter chats with @iftmedia on Sept. 8 and 11, #SafeLunch

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Labor Day has come and gone, summer vacation is over and the start of the school year is here. To celebrate, I’m participating in a Twitter chat, hosted by The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) @iftmedia, about packed lunch safety. We’ve chosen two different dates and times to hold the chat, so feel free to jump in on the one that is most convenient.packed lunch

Monday, September 8, from 6:00pm-7:00pm ET

Thursday, September 11, from 1:00pm-2:00pm ET

Participate (or just follow the discussion) using the hashtag #SafeLunch. Topics for discussion include:

Lunch box/bag food safety dangers

Different kinds of lunch bags–which keep food the safest?

How to pack leftovers

How to keep cold foods cold, hot foods hot

Participants will receive an IFT lunch bag

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About Ben Chapman

Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.