One minute video clip of Alyssa Milano speaking on food safety

 Materials:

One minute video clip of Alyssa Milano speaking on food safety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLB0D-S7qeM

Partnership for Food Safety Education’s website: www.fightbac.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention_Food Safety: https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/

Assignment steps:

Step 1: Watch video: Alyssa Milano on Food Safety: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLB0D-S7qeM

Step 2: Access information related to safe food handling at FightBac.org and the CDC. Although students may browse the entire site, they should focus the majority of their time reading the sections entitled, “Clean,” “Separate,” “Cook,” and “Chill.”

Step 3: Students will research a recent outbreak of foodborne illness in the news and write a written report. Although students may include additional information, the following information is required:

News source

Date of news report

Number of individuals affected

Food source

Microorganism causing the illness

Symptoms of illness

How could this foodborne illness have been prevented?

Step 4: Within the written report, students should also address these points:

Define foodborne illness in your own words

Identify a favorite food that would be classified as a potentially hazardous food

Give examples of cross-contamination of food

Provide at least one recommendation from each of the 4 core practices (e.g. prior to cooking, store chicken in refrigerator at 40 F or lower).

At the conclusion of this assignment, students will be able to:

Describe the scope of foodborne illness in the United States

Describe four core food handling practices to reduce the risk of foodborne illness

Identify foods most likely to be associated with foodborne illness