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The Food and Nutritional Sciences Program at NCA&TSU held a one day six hour introductory food science/food safety hands-on preconference on Monday, July 25, 2011 from 9:00am-3:00 pm as part of the North Carolina Family and Consumer Sciences Education Summer Conference.  11 local high school teachers attended this conference in which the following presentations were given:  Introduction to Food Science and Technology, Introduction to Food Microbiology and Food Safety, Food Contamination, Chemical Contaminants in Food, Food Quality Control-HACCP, Food Labeling:  An Important Challenge in Food Safety.  The presentations can be viewed here.  For more information, contact Judith C. Simon, Family and Consumer Sciences Education, Department of Public Instruction. 919.414.1949 (cell)

Our group has The Food and Nutritional Science Program at NCA&TSU participated in a workshop for family and consumer science teachers .   on Monday 23^rd January 2012..  This was a mandatory workshop and approximately 65 FACS teachers attended this activity.  The location was Atkins Academic/Technology High School, old Old Greensboro Road,   Winston Winston Salem NC 27101. Monday 23^rd January 2012. 

 Title of our presentation:  Food Science, Safety, and Technology

 Presentations:

 1.Food Components - Rabin Gyawali

2. Food Safety – Introduction -  Madhavi Hathurusinghe

3. Food Safety Applications -  Bernice Karlton- Senaye

4. Food Protection and Defense - Larriale Spruill

5. Field experiences in food science - Marcella Crook