Why is there not more teaching about hygiene, food preparation and sanitation in India?
you must understand that the Indian government puts few resources into teaching of any kind. A large part of the national budget goes to the military, as in many other countries. Much of the limited education budget goes to schooling for the elites. The other areas are given lower priority, even though many people in India actively work on this important education.
The other important point is that the size of the task is unimaginably hard, not only because of the number of people (>1 billion, most very poor) but due to cultural conflicts, ethnic conflicts, religious conflicts, and historical norms that are accepted without consideration.
Well I’ll stick my neck out and say that I believe it is unforgiveable that people get food poisoning in restaurants which should have the means to prevent it. This is not just about India, it happens in Europe too and presumably in America. I remember an outbreak of E. coli 0157 in Scotland about ten years back – it killed over twenty people! For restaurants which do have sufficient resources to provide things like staff training and backup generators for refrigeration, I really do not think there can be any excuse for giving their customers salmonella and E. coli! Entirely safe food hygiene and preparation may not be possible in all situations, but at markets here in England I still see a lot more which could be done at negligible cost, for instance at Camden Market last weekend I saw a food stall using the same chopping board for raw then cooked meats. Some of this stuff really is not rocket science!
