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On July 29th, NC State and North Carolina Central University are scheduled to present a teacher professional development workshop. They will be presenting “Attack of the Norovirus!” to over 15 middle and high school teachers.  More details on workshop content and learning objectives can be found under 2014 Completed Efforts below.

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2015 Food Safety Activities

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Salam A. Ibrahim at North Carolina A&T State University worked with the NC Community College System and Reno A. Palombit (NC Department of Public Instruction Career & Technical Education)  and worked with high school techers on a food safety workshop for high school teachers on July 13-14 in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University. The title was Food Science Workshop (family and consumer science teachers-summer conference 2015, Greensboro, NC).  A total of 19 teachers attended the workshop.  Topics were: 

Teaching food science in the FACS classroom,

Food safety class, laboratory

Laboratory safety

, Understanding bacteria

Food , food safety practices,

hazard.

Laboratory practices:

  • Preparation of laboratory solutions, agar plates, peptone
  • Effect of cooling and heating on bacteria survival and growth in food
  • Fresh hamburger vs hamburger left out overnight
  • Milk kept in the refrigerator vs room temperature

Teachers can use this site as a valuable resource on food safety:  http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Food/FoodScienceResearch/ToolsMaterials/UCM430367.pdf

  

  

  

Salam A. Ibrahim (North Carolina A&T Sate University) with help from Reno A. Palombit (NC Department of Public Instruction Career & Technical Education), hosted several food technology classes for high school teachers during spring 2015. The classes focused on food science and relevant technology plus modern food safety practices. Teachers were provided materials, equipment, and lectures.


2014 Food Safety Activities

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