Creating a food safety course with a lab component, looking for interesting experiment ideas. I have listed two below that I have already decided would be good ideas.

Hello all,

I'm currently developing the lab component of a food safety course and am looking for interesting experiments I might be able to run. The ones I currently plan to do include:

1. filter apple juice for spoilage bacteria (some spoilage bacteria in apple juice can survive the pasteurization process. This has been tested and worked well with organic apple juices).
2. test chicken for salmonella (get fresh chicken from grocery store that day)
3. test alfalfa for bacteria and fungus.

If you have any more I would gladly take them. I am hoping to have at least 5 activities. I have an hour to work with each week for each section. If an idea would take longer than an hour, then it would have to be one that could be stored week to week with little issue.

Thank you

Submitted May 10, 2024 at 06:26AM by Farstalker https://ift.tt/2axWwEl