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Graduate students and professors from Cornell's Food Safety Laboratory facilitated a food safety workshop through the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers (CIBT) summer program for middle school teachers July 10th and 11th, 2013. Twenty middle school teachers throughout New York participated in the workshop which sought to inform teachers about how to implement scientific exercises in their classrooms. Teachers were given a brief introduction to food safety by Dr. Martin Wiedmann before being presented with a mock outbreak scenario. After analyzing data obtained from patient interviews and calculating risk ratios, a differential diagnosis was used to guide environmental and food sampling to further investigate the food item responsible for the outbreak. A DNA extraction activity illustrated how molecular techniques are used in outbreak investigation to confirm the causative agent. At the conclusion of the workshop, teachers were provided resources and guidance for incorporating the various activities in their curricula. |
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The food safety and microbiology group at North Carolina A&T State University held a two-hour food safety and preparation workshop at Wesley Chapel AME Zion Church, Asheboro, NC for the high school teachers and church members on Aug 17, 2013. The workshop was about health living as related to safety and healthy foods. Activities and Presentations: Dr. Rosa Purcell: Introduction to food and health The following were related to the 4 food safety steps: Bernice Karlton-Senaye: Cleaning and hand washing
Career and Technical Education (CTE) Summer Conference for Family and Consumer Sciences Education was conducted on July 24, 2013 at Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, NC. This workshop focused on helping teachers understand basic knowledge in the area of food science including food safety/ practices, basic issues related to food microbiology and basic understanding of food protection and defense. North Carolina A &T State University food microbiology and safety laboratory will deliver a lecture on various topics. The graduate students in the food and nutritional science will present this lecture; the audiences for this workshop will be high school teachers of family and consumer sciences. Presenters: 1. Drs.Valerie L. Giddings and Rosa Purcell - Introduction |
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