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The North Carolina A&T State University food microbiology and safety laboratory will conduct one day workshop (Details will be posted summer 2014) 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 Fall (2014), the food microbiology and safety laboratory will conduct additional seminars/workshops related to food safety (steps to food safety, food protection and HACCP).  These are hands-on sessions.  High school teachers and students will attend the activities.   The activities will be conducted early next year as part of farm safety week (North Carolina A&T State University).   For more details, check with Rabin Gyawali at rabingyawali@hotmail.com.

Salam A. Ibrahim at North Carolina A&T Sate University is working with the NC Community College System and Reno A. Palombit (NC Department of Public Instruction Career & Technical Education) to develop and promote a food safety class for high school teachers. The newly developed class, food technology, trains teachers in food science and relevant technology plus modern food safety practices. Teachers are provided with materials, equipment, and lectures. Dr. Ibrahim's team will be hosting a two day food technology training for high school teachers this summer on July 14th and 15th.