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

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MIDDLE LEVEL

FOOD SAFETY CONNECTION

 

Food safety is everyone’s responsibility — everyone involved in growing, processing, 

transporting, and handling our food along all the points in our complex food 

production and distribution system. This responsibility includes all of us as we purchase, 

prepare, and eat our food. Students need to understand that food safety is a very 

serious issue that affects the well-being of every individual. So, because everyone must 

eat, we’re all at risk of becoming ill if food becomes contaminated. 

 

THE BIG PICTURE

 

TIME  

One 45-minute class period