AM: Learning About Food Safety

Eighth-grader Alex Henderson participated in a “chilling” lab at Woodland Middle School in Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday that stressed the importance of keeping meat out of the danger zone that is 40 degrees to 140 degrees. The middle-schoolers are learning about food-borne illness and basic precautions. Scott Maben’s SR story here . (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

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