Title: Evaluate environmental factors relating to food costs.
Course: Introduction to Culinary Arts (16051-36) > Section: Introducing the Economics of Food

Evaluation should include the effects of weather, hazardous substances, product recall, and product contamination on food costs.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are some recent examples of environmental factors that have affected food costs?
- What are some recent examples of product contamination?

Communication

- What resources are available to investigate environmental factors that influence food costs?
- How does media convey information about product recalls?

Leadership

- How can an employer apply the ServSafe principles relating to product contamination?
- How does leadership convey possible problems with menu items to employees?

Management

- How do product recalls affect food costs and availability?
- What responsibility does a food-service operation have to let customers know about product recalls?