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Aim 2 Current Efforts:

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A second workshop (see 2013 Completed Efforts) will be held on August 8, 2013 by NC State at North Carolina Central University's Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise (BRITE) facility in Durham, NC.

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The North Carolina A&T State University food microbiology and safety laboratory will conduct two-one day workshops (Details will be posted summer 2013) on food safety as part of the summer agricultural research program at North Carolina A&T State University.  This program will be taught by the graduate students in food and nutritional science; the audience for these workshops will be high school students. For more details, check with Rabin Gyawali at rabingyawali@hotmail.com. Materials will be posted here and can be requested from Salam A. Ibrahim at ibrah001@ncat.edu

This coming spring, the food microbiology and safety laboratory will conduct several seminars/workshops related to food defense/ food safety and HACCP.  These are hands-on sessions.  High school teachers and students will attend the activities.   The activities will be conducted during the homecoming for North Carolina A&T State University.   For more details, check with Rabin Gyawali at rabingyawali@hotmail.com. The materials will be posted soon and can be requested from Salam A. Ibrahim.

Salam A. Ibrahim at North Carolina A&T Sate University was part of a collaborative effort to develop a food technology class that is currently being taught by high school teachers.  Materials from this course are used to train high school teachers who will be implementing the course.  Additionally, members of the NCA&T food microbiology and safety laboratory utilize materials from this course for student workshops.  

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Cornell Food Science at the Beverly J. Martin Elementary School Science Fair:  Graduate students and staff from Cornell University's Department of Food Science hosted a booth for the science fair at an Ithaca, NY elementary school on February 1st, 2013.  Cornell University's Food Science booth engaged approximately 300 students from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade in interactive educational activities focusing on food safety and food science.

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NC State partnered with North Carolina Central University's BRITE Futures program to present a norovirus learning module to 25 high school students on July 24, 2013.  The BRITE Futures program collaborates with educational leaders from universities and K-12 teachers to foster North Carolina's understanding of scientific concepts and skills.

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The food microbiology and safety laboratory at North Carolina A&T State University conducted two Food Safety and Technology workshops at Southern Lee High School (2301 Tramway road, Sanford, NC 27332) on May 29th, 2013.  Please contact Salam Ibrahim for more information.  The following presentations were given:
First Group

  • Key to Food Safety - Bernice Karlton-Senaye
  • Food Defense - Marcella cheek-crook
  • Food Labeling and Nutrition - Rabin Gyawali

Second Group

  • Introduction to Bacteria - Amira Ayad
  • Food Safety and Consumer Protection - Saeed Hayek
  • Food Safety - Temmytayo Abanla

North Carolina A&T State University held a 3 hour food safety workshop for Lincoln Academy middle school students on February 21st, 2013.  The following presentations were given:

Salam Ibrahim:  Introduction

Bernice Karlton-Senaye:  How Do You Keep Food Safe?

Saeed Hayek:  Why Food Safety?

Rabin Hyawali:  Demonstrations of Microbiology (food quality)

The food microbiology and safety laboratory at North Carolina A&T State University conducted two Food Safety and Biotechnology workshops at Guilford Middle School on May 17th, 2013.  The following gave presentations:
First Group

  • So You Want to Keep Your Food Safe? - Bernice Karlton-Senaye
  • Food Labeling and Nutrition - Rabin Gyawali
  • Chemical Contaminations in Food - Madhavi Hathurusinghe

Second Group

  • Food Safety and Consumer Protection - Saeed Hayek
  • Introduction to Bacteria - Amira Ayad
  • Demonstration (measure of pH of different food, quality control and microbial quality of food products) - Temmytayo Abanla

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