We will need to add ideas about Food Contamination here, for the FLL Competition inquiry.
Please leave comments with your ideas of food contamination issues, possible solutions if you already have ideas, or links to resources that may help us.
Also people we might be able to interview.
We want to get started with background ideas about food contamination and the issues involved, before the FLL competition actually starts.
Please make sure you add your first name at the end of your comment.
Can FIRST® LEGO® League teams improve the quality of food by finding ways to prevent food contamination?
In the 2011 Food Factor Challenge, over 200,000 9-16* year olds from over 55 countries will explore the topic of food safety and examine the possible points of contamination our food encounters – from exposure to insects and creatures, to unsterile processing and transportation, to unsanitary preparation and storage – then find ways to prevent or combat these contaminates.
In the Food Factor Challenge, teams will build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT to solve a set of Food Safety missions as well as research, develop, and share their innovative food safety solutions. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under FLL’s signature set of Core Values. (From KiwiFirst.org).
One possibility is E.coli, a very common bacteria that contaminates food kept in unhealthy conditions. A solution to this would be stricter food health and safety standards.
ReplyDeleteA possibility is Listeria, a bacteria that infects ready-to-eat products, such as deli meats and salads, cooked poultry products, smoked seafoods, soft cheeses and foods with a long refrigerated shelf life. A solution to this would be to set fridges to a very low temperature or not to buy ready to eat products that are past or near their use-by date.
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