Clayton teacher to participate in food science program in Washington

Janice Mitchell, a science teacher at Rex Mill Middle School, has been selected as one of 40 educators who will participate in the 2013 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Professional Development Program in Food Science to July 14- July 20 in Washington, D.C. The goal of the program is to educate teachers about critical food safety issues. Participants will tour FDA laboratories and meet the scientists, explore food safety on the farm at government research sites, learn about the development and spread of food borne illnesses, and study the science associated with safe food handling, storage, and preparation.