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

49

MIDDLE LEVEL

RESOURCES

• 

Food Safety A to Z Reference Guide (See the following 

terms — Bacteria, Foodborne Illness, Pasteurization,  

Pathogen, and Sanitizer.) 

• 

Dr. X and the Quest for Food Safety video Module 3 —  

Processing and Transportation 

• 

Websites: 

Pasteurization — Dairy Science and Technology:  

www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/pasteurization.html  

Talking About Juice Safety (FDA): www.fda.gov/Food/

FoodborneIllnessContaminants/BuyStoreServeSafeFood/

ucm110526.htm

1. 

Which juice would you prefer to drink, pasteurized 

or unpasteurized? Why? 

2. 

What effect would freezing have on microorganisms 

in unpasteurized juice? (Freezing does not kill  

bacteria. It only slows their growth.)