Tummy Safe classes offered

Tummy Safe is a food certification course for childcare providers. TummySafe offers 6 contact hours for child care providers who complete the course and certification status for those who take and pass the certification exam. This course is in compliance with Mississippi law, which requires that at least one person in every licensed day care center be certified in food safety. TummySafe was written specifically for the Day Care Industry and replaces the previous ServeSafe(r) course for childcare providers only.

Pamela Redwine, Nutrition and Food Safety Area Agent for the Mississippi State University Extension Service, announces a Tummy Safe Certification Exam for Daycare Workers. It will be offered on Wednesday, January 24, 2007, at the Calhoun County Extension Service in Pittsboro. The exam will begin at 2 p.m. and the cost to take the exam is $100, which can be paid by money order or cashiers check. Before you can take the exam you must work through the Tummy Safe CD. The cost of the CD is $25.

To find out how to purchase your copy of the Tummy Safe CD contact Pamela Redwine at 675-2730 or the Choctaw County Extension Office at 285-6337.

ServeSafe Food Safety Certification Class set

ServSafe Food Certification Class will be taught February 7, 8, and 9, 2007, at the Yalobusha County Extension Service. Cost of the course is $125. The deadline to register is January 29, 2007, and the class is limited to 25 people. Call the Yalobusha County Extension Service at (662) 675-2730 for additional details and to register. When calling to sign up, please inform the office of any disabilities that might interfere with your opportunity to participate in this program.

The MSU Extension Service provides educational opportunities to the public on an equal opportunity basis and will make every reasonable effort to accommodate individuals with disabilities.