Science and Our Food Supply: Investigating Food Safety from Farm to Table

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MIDDLE LEVEL

ULTRA HIGH  

PRESSURE TREATMENT

  

MODULE 3: 

PROCESSING AND TRANSPORTATION

FOOD SAFETY CONNECTION

 

Students will discover the relationship between the 4 Cs of Food Safety and food 

preservation methods. This finding will reinforce their understanding of why the  

4 Cs are important in keeping food safe. 

 

TIME  

One 45-minute class period

ACTIVITY AT A GLANCE

Students will explore various ways that have been used to preserve food over 

the ages. They will also learn about techniques used to process food today and 

hypothesize about other methods scientists might use to process food safely in the 

future. Finally, students will conduct a simulation of high pressure treatment and 

discover how it destroys bacteria without crushing the food.