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

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3. 

Explain the importance of knowing about the  

Danger Zone in food safety. (Awareness of the  

Danger Zone helps people understand the  

importance of heating and chilling food, thus  

decreasing the risk of foodborne illness.)

4. 

What do chilling, freezing, and heating do to  

bacteria? (Chilling and freezing slow down the 

growth, but heating kills the bacteria.) 

MODULE 3:

 PROCESSING AND TRANSPORTATION

BLUE’S THE CLUE

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