Title: Demonstrate food safety and sanitation practices.
Course: Family and Consumer Sciences Exploratory I (19903-9) > Section: Understanding Nutrition and Wellness

Demonstration should include

- using proper hand-washing techniques
- using proper cleaning materials and procedures
- ensuring that food is stored safely (considering shelf life, open vs. closed containers, types of storage containers or wraps, and storage location [e.g., shelf vs. refrigerator or freezer])
- identifying time and temperature requirements (i.e., danger zone and internal temperatures)
- avoiding cross-contamination.

Demonstration should also address the reason for keeping food areas contaminant-free.

Teacher Resource:

Partnership for Food Safety Education

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are the standards of cleanliness for the food environment?
- What hand-washing procedures are essential for a sanitary food environment? Why?

Communication

- How can you encourage classmates to follow sanitary procedures?
- What is an appropriate way to address an unsanitary situation?

Leadership

- What are a leader’s responsibilities for keeping the food environment sanitary?
- Why is it important to maintain personal hygiene around food?

Management

- What are the steps in cleaning a food environment?
- What consequences may result from an unsanitary food environment?