The food microbiology and safety laboratory at North Carolina A&T State University held a high school food science and food safety workshop on November 7th, 2014 at Johns Senior High School. The workshop consisted of demonstrations and presentations. Demonstrations were as follows: - pH meter training
- Measuring the pH of different food samples: Milk, yogurt, orange juice, apple juice, and drink water
II. Food Microbiology - Media used to grow yogurt culture including agar and broth
- Bacterial count demonstration: dilution and plating
- We show the students how we can obtain the bacterial count of bacteria in yogurt
- One mL of yogurt was serially diluted in 9 mL water
- Let students use the pipettes to transfer the yogurt and do the dilution
Presentations were as follows: - Introduction to Food Science (Salam A. Ibrahim)
- Food Safety (Saeed A. Hayek)
- Contaminants in Food Products (Rabin Gyawali)
- Sea Food Processing (Reza Tahergorabi)
- Probiotics in Food (Temitayo Obanla)
   
The food microbiology and safety laboratory at North Carolina A&T State University held a dairy food symposium for 20 high school students and 4 teachers/assistants on June 23rd, 2014. The following NCA&T State members gave presentations: - Introduction to Dairy Products, Dr. Salam Ibrahim
- Dairy Products, Saeed Hayek
- Probiotics and Dairy products, Temitayo Obanla
- Nutrition and health benefits of dairy products, Amira Ayad
- Food Defense for dairy industry, Mujahid Ashqer
- Food Safety for dairy industry, Bernice Karlton-Senaye
- Demonstration: Yogurt processing: New flavors with healthy taste: oat, honey , and blueberries, Rabin Gyawali
  
GTCC Middle School High Point and Andrews High School visited the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. The groups met in Webb Hall and toured various laboratories. Presentations included topics in yogurt making and safety. Schedule and Presentations: - Welcoming and Introduction, Salam A. Ibrahim
- Food Science, Reza Tahergorabi
- Good Bacteria and Health, Desarae N. Johnson
- Greek Yogurt, Rabin Gyawali
- Food Safety, Saeed A. Hayek
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