Body Paragraphs First supporting idea: Stephanie Smith becomes very ill after eating a hamburger in which the meat contained E. coli. Second supporting idea: Two people die after eating ground beef that may have contained E. coli linked to illness in more than two dozen people. Third supporting idea: An outbreak at Jack in the Box restaurants that killed four children. Conclusion Many people have died due to this bacteria, therefore something should be done about it. E. Coli
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symptoms usually appear about one to two days after infection. The symptoms are fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal cramps and pain. The diarrhea can usually last up to 4 to 5 days, it can be very liquid and rarely contains mucus or blood. The illness usually ends in about five to seven days. You can prevent salmonella by taking the proper preventive steps. It involves the proper handling and cooking of food that are likely to carry the bacteria. Recipes that require uncooked eggs should be modified
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Southern Pasta, a company recently acquired by Mike’s has delivered pasta shells contaminated with Salmonella to its largest customer. Mike’s needs to decide how to prevent the infection from reaching the public while minimizing financial losses and damage to its reputation. Mike’s can hide this information from the restaurant chain or even instruct them to pasteurize the food to inactivate the bacteria. However, any slip-ups can lead to regulatory issues and multi-million dollar lawsuits. It is
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Managing change and diversity at EasiYo FROM A MANUFACTURING base in Auckland, EasiYo enables over a million homes in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, Italy and China to enjoy fresh yoghurt every day of the year. It supports home production through the supply of powdered bases and culture and a plastic incubator in which the yoghurt ferments. Paul O'Brien joined the company as CEO in December 2009 and has overseen sales growth of around 30 per cent a year, on the way to a target of sales
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Infection control is very important to minimise cross infection of Micro-organisms. Many micro-organisms are good for us and are essential for life, such as bacteria in the intestine which helps break down food waste matter. However, when a micro-organism is capable of doing harm it is said to be pathogenic. There are four main micro -organisms that cause disease, these include, Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi, and Protozoa. Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E) can act as a barrier to protect you against
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The main purpose of these conditions is to make sure that the food operator maintains the hygienic standards as given in each food category. It is hereby recognized and declared as a matter of legislative determination that in the field of human nutrition, safe, clean and wholesome food is indispensable to the health and welfare of the consumer of the country. It shall be the deemed the accountability of the food business to fulfill with the labeling about the safety, health and sanitary requirements
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Supervision children need to be supervised at all times, even more so when they are very young. This because they are still vulnerable to, and do not fully understand some dangers such as electrical appliances, knives or blades (usually found in the kitchen). Because of this, the child may hurt themselves, for example touching electrical plugs, or cutting themselves with a knife. A child may also be vulnerable to other dangers such as bacteria, and other germs, which a child can come into contact
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unpasteurized milk. When you are already suffering from symptoms it’s important to drink a lot of fluids and get enough rest but if you feel that your symptoms are severe call a doctor because certain antibiotics can reduce the durations of this illness. Salmonella - the name of group bacteria, this bacterium is the most common cause of food poisoning in the US. Usually these symptoms last 4-7 days and with
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Legislation Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) The health and safety at work act applies to all employees, including people who are self employed, volunteers and people on work placements. HASAWA states that employers have to take responsibility for the health and safety of employees and others on their premises, according to HASAWA employers should have a risk assessment that is updated regularly, hire a person who is responsible for health and safety and have a health and safety policy for
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E.coli is a bacteria that is often associated with cows. Recent studies have shown that outbreaks of E.coli are the result of diets in cows containing corn and starches. (www.ansc.purdue.edu). In the past couple of years cattle diets have been changed to be more cost effective and now contain mostly corn and corn-byproducts. This change in diet has led to many severe effects in the health of the animals including in increase of E.coli. This E.coli strain is the third most deadly bacterial toxin,
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