Keeping Food Safe: The Importance of Packaging and Storage
This lesson explores the significance of proper food packaging and storage in preventing spoilage and contamination. From imagining a grocery store filled with messes caused by deteriorating items to understanding the strict regulations for food-contact materials set by the government, we highlight how these practices protect quality and health. Students will engage in thinking about real-life scenarios, like picnic preparations and the effects of weather on food. This interactive approach emphasizes the vital role packaging plays in food safety for consumers and producers alike.
Keeping Food Safe: The Importance of Packaging and Storage
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Lesson 2: Keeping it Nice & Dry common experience Does Ag
Can you imagine how messy it would be if pickled okra dribbled liquid all over the grocery store?
Farmers around the world lose millions of pounds of produce each year because it gets wet and molds or rodents and insects eat it.
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whatcha think? What would happen if you dropped your PB&J sandwich on the floor?
whatcha think? What if you left it outside In the yard?
whatcha think? What if you accidentally put it in the freezer?
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
The Federal government requires that any packaging that comes into contact with food, including plastics and glass, meet certain standards to ensure that harmful chemicals do not contaminate food.
whatcha think? When you are shopping, what does the shape and design of packaging tell you about the product?
whatcha think? If you were going on a picnic, how would you protect the fruits and vegetables you were taking?
whatcha think? How would you protect your drink?
whatcha think? How would you protect a container of home-made chicken salad?