Kuwait, April 23 2014 - As part of its nationwide initiative to reduce the overall risk of food poisoning in Kuwait, "Safe Food, Safe Family", an educational initiative by Al Yasra Foods hosted a half-day seminar and outdoor demonstration session featuring two renowned Kuwaiti dietitians, Sami Al Bader and Dana Ghareeb at the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) headquarters that educated over 1000 employees on the basics of food safety in the workplace. 

The session tackled various food safety and nutritional malpractices that occur in the office daily through a seminar on food safety and healthy eating habits at the workplace, "Safe Food, Safe Family" nutritionist Dana Ghareeb said: "Most people have at least one meal in their offices and most often are not wary about how they store their food items in the office. In reality, most of us spend at least 7-8 hours at work so both food safety and nutrition is in fact extremely important at work.   We would also like to thank our ambassador and nutritionist, Sami Bader for speaking to the staff here about the importance of eating healthy at work.

In addition to giving out various food safety material to the staff at KNPC, the event also featured an outdoor barbecue session educating KNPC employees on the best food safety practices to avoid both food contamination and food poisoning while barbecuing, as well as ways to make their own safe cleaning detergent at home.

KNPC Internal Communication and Employee Relations' Controller, Fatemah Al Sori said: "At KNPC, it is in our practice to create a wholesome and informative culture for our employees and that includes educating them on everyday health aspects such as food safety and nutrition at work. We are honored to have "Safe Food, Safe Family" present at our offices for a half-day educational session that has provided our employees with insights on taking the first step towards a food-safe work environment here at KNPC".
 
As part of Al Yasra Food's ongoing commitment to promoting food safety and health in Kuwait, "Safe Food, Safe Family" has hosted more than 32 events at various locations in the last six months. The events were open to the general public, and showcased the most important aspects of food safety.

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About Safe Food, Safe Family
A community initiative by Al Yasra Foods, Safe Food, Safe Family (SFSF) aims to start an engaging conversation about food-safety in neighborhoods, in homes, online, and on the streets of Kuwait.

Safe Food, Safe Family believes education is the path for better food safety at home and at the kitchen, and that family well being starts with food safety. In investing time and effort to educate the audience about this issue, and in empowering them to practice, adopt and share these principles, Safe Food, Safe Family hopes to eradicate and shield the community from avoidable, yet serious health risks.

For more information on Safe Food, Safe Family, please email: safefoodsafefamily@gmail.com or visit:www.safefoodsafefamily.org

About Al Yasra Foods
Al Yasra Foods is a leader in providing value-added brand distribution solutions in Kuwait and Iraq with expanding activities in other GCC territories. Al Yasra provides comprehensive distribution and marketing services for major international and regional brands such as Sadia, Al Safi Danone, Lamb Weston and many others, with a reach extending to every segment of the market, be it Modern Trade, Traditional Retail, Food Service, or HoReCa.

Al Yasra Foods also successfully manages its own private label and licensed brands, which, together with the brands distributed, complete the Company's product offering. To complement their market presence with direct access to households across the country, Al Yasra operates a unique retail showroom and home delivery network 'Talabia' throughout Kuwait.

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About Kuwait National Petroleum Company
Kuwait National Petroleum Company was established in October 1960 as a shareholder company owned by the government and the private sector.In 1968 the company commissioned its own "Shuaiba Refinery" and in May of the same year, the first shipment of refined petroleum products was exported from Shuaiba Refinery Shuaiba Refinery is the world's first all hydrogen refinery. It's capacity is 195,000 Barrels per day. In 1975 the company became a fully owned state company.

After the creation of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation in 1980, KNPC became fully owned by KPC which itself is owned by the State of Kuwait.

When the oil sector was restructured, KNPC was entrusted with the responsibilities of oil refining and gas liquefication as well as the distribution of petroleum products in the local market on behalf of KPC. Consequently, the company became in charge of the three oil refineries; Mina Al-Ahmadi, Mina Abdulla and Shuaiba, in addition to the LPG plant in Mina Al-Ahmadi. Today, KNPC total production capacity is 930,000 Barrels per day.
For more details visit: http://www.knpc.com./knpc/about.html

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