Food Products and Processing Systems Standards

The National FFA Organization and The National Council for Agriculture Education are cooperating to lead this review of the Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Career Cluster Content Standards that teachers use to guide instruction. This review will allow us to determine the continued relevance of those standards. 

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You are being asked to specifically focus on standards for the Food Products and Processing Systems Career Cluster. Here are a few careers you might find in this Career Cluster:
Food Chain Outreach Coordinator
Food Technologist
Nutritionist/Dietitian
Packaging Engineer
Product Development Manager/Demand Planner
Each standard is further defined by performance indicators and measurements. You will be asked to evaluate each level--standards, performance indicators and measurements.

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* 1. Please review each of the standards below. 

How strongly do you agree that each standard reflects essential industry knowledge and skills that students need to be ready for careers in Food Products and Processing Systems?

  Strongly disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree
FPP.01. Develop and implement procedures to ensure safety, sanitation and quality in food product and processing facilities.
FPP.02. Apply principles of nutrition, biology, microbiology, chemistry and human behavior to the development of food products.
FPP.03. Select and process food products for storage, distribution and consumption.
FPP.04. Explain the scope of the food industry and the historical and current developments of food product and processing.

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* 2. If you indicated that any of these standards listed below do not reflect essential industry knowledge and skills that students need to be ready for careers in Food Products and Processes Systems, please comment to share why this standard is no longer relevant. How would you change this standard to make it more relevant?

List of standards: 
  • FPP.01. Develop and implement procedures to ensure safety, sanitation and quality in food product and processing facilities.
  • FPP.02. Apply principles of nutrition, biology, microbiology, chemistry and human behavior to the development of food products.
  • FPP.03. Select and process food products for storage, distribution and consumption.
  • FPP.04. Explain the scope of the food industry and the historical and current developments of food product and processing.

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