Lesson 3 — What Are Some Important Foodborne Pathogens?
The goal is to understand five of the important foodborne pathogens and their characteristics.
Objectives
- Identify five important foodborne pathogens and describe the illnesses they cause
- Describe how pathogens get into our food supply and how to control them
- Name the five pathogens that are cause for exclusion from working in food service
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- PowerPoint slides (zip) extract file onto your hard drive
- "Fill-in the Pathogen" activity handouts
- Common foodborne pathogens table (pdf)
- Fill-in the pathogen worksheet and answer key | Teacher only
- "Pathogens for Study" activity envelops
- Pathogens for study worksheet (pdf)
- Student fill-in notes and answer key | Teacher only